The Chairman's Cup School Chess Championship has started at Mahendra National Secondary School in Baluwatar on Wednesday.
310 athletes from 20 schools of Kathmandu Metropolitan City participated in the first competition, which includes a total of 6 competitions for girls and boys. The first day ended with two stages. From class 1 to 4, 6 players got 100 percent victory for girls.
Pratignia Thakur of Dhumbarahi Mavi, Simran Karki and Supriya Moktan of Baasbari and Ashika Lopchan of Mahentya Mavi won both matches and added 2 points each. On the boys side, Ayam Subedi and Ion Subedi of Meridian, Shreyansh Sapkota and Arnav Manandhar of Nepal Creative and Khemraj Jaisi and Yungsen Tamang of Baasbari Mavi scored 2 points each.
Adarsh Gurung, Naveen Thapamgar, Prasanna Jaishi, Pratyush Gyawali, Raju Rai registered both victories in boys of class 5-8. On the girls side, Roslyn Subedi, Argya Gupta, Samiksha Nepal, Apsara Khatri, Kashyapi Mainali won.
Mayumi Rai, Aachal Choudhary, Anvi Subedi, Devyani Guragain, Smarika Lama, Samiksha Rapal, Sangmendu Tamang won both games for the class 9 to 12 girls. In Boys, Prem Vikram Adhikari, Ojas Adhikari, Abhinav Pandey scored 2 points each. In the rapid chess held in the
Swiss system, students studying in schools within Kampa-4 and local children studying outside the ward are participating. Kampa 4 ward president Dinesh Maharjan and organizer Himalayan Chess Academy (HCA) Monalisha Khambu inaugurated the event.
