National Junior Chess begins tomorrow

Dhaka, 14 Feb - The 40th National Junior (Under-20) Chess

Championships Open and Girls begins tomorrow (Tuesday) at chess
federation hall-room of National Sports Council old building in the city.

Already 80 players from Dhaka city and different districts confirmed
their participation in the events.

Only those, who born after January 1, 2002, will be allowed to participate
in this event, organised by the Bangladesh Chess Federation.
 
Interested players in participating have been asked to enroll their names
from their respective educational institutions along with age certificate
and prescribed entry fee tomorrow (Tuesday) before 1 pm at the playing
venue.

The competition will be played in a nine round Swiss-league system.

A total Taka one lac prize money --  sixty thousand for the open section
and forty thousand for the girls’ section -- will be given in the
championship.

In this regards, a press conference was held today (Monday) at Bangladesh
Chess Federation (BCF) hall-room to provide all the details of the meet.
 
BCF's general secretary and president, FIDE Zone-3.2 Syed Shahab Uddin
Shamim, BCF's joint secretary Masudur Rahman Mallick, International
arbiter Haroon Or Rashid and BCF's executive member Sajal Mahmud, were
among others, present in the press conference.