The Nepal Intellectual Federation is going to organize the second National Freedom Asian Chess Initiative Youth, Cadet and Girls Chess Championship on August 13 and 14.

U-18, U-16, U-14, U-12, U-10 and U-8 players will be able to participate in the competition in 6 different age groups in both boys and girls categories. 

More than 500 student players of the country will be participating in the chess talent hunt of Buddhichal Federation.

The winner of each category of the competition will win 10,000, the runner-up will win 7,000 and the third place winner will win 4,000.

Kazakhstan Chess Federation has announced that the Kazakhstan Chess Federation will support the cash prize out of the 1 million expenses required to run the second National Freedom Asian Chess Tournament.

IM Bakhtiyar Askarov from Kazakhstan has arrived in Nepal on Tuesday to train Nepali chess players. 20 national players of Nepal have benefited from his 15-day chess training. Miss Jazira Iskamdirov, project head of FACI and GM Darmen Sadvakasov, first vice president of Kazakhstan Chess Federation, will come to Nepal for the