This year Indian Cultural Centre Rapid Chess championship witnessed participation for the students under 9, 12 and 15 years of age and adult categories.
Fierce competition was held among participants, in which awards were distributed to winners. The competition was held at Ashoka Hall of ICC.
The award ceremony was held at ICC Mumbai Hall in which Counselor at Indian Embassy and Coordinating Officer of ICC, Rajesh Kamble was the chief guest.
The ceremony was also attended by first Qatari Grand Master and General Secretary of Qatar Chess Association, Mohammed Al Modiahki. Kamble appreciated ICC for conducting such an event that helps the students develop their skills not only in sports but also their cognitive skills.
Modiahki during his speech stressed the contribution of India in the field of chess and recalled his early days competition with Indian Grand Masters. Memento was presented to Modiahki by Kamble on behalf of ICC. ICC president, Milan Arun presented the memento to Shukoor, representative of M/s New Madinat Hypermarket, the main sponsor of the event. Prize distribution for all categories was conducted by Kamble, Modiahki, Milan Arun and Shukoor respectively.
The competition was coordinated by ICC Head of Sports and External Affairs Adv, Jaffar Khan. The ceremony was conducted by ICC Head of Counselor services, K S Prasad and ICC President, Milan Arun welcomed the audience. Welcome bouquet were given to guests by Jaffar Khan, General Secretary, Juttas Paul and Vice-President, A P Manikantan respectively. Head of In-house activities, Anjan Ganguly gave the vote of thanks.
The overall championship was received by DPS-MIS and runner up was Birla Public School.
