: Coronavirus: Indian chess players donate, raise funds in online tournament to aid relief work #IndiaNEWS Chess players in India are doing their bit in the fight against the Covid-19, raising more than

@IndiaNEWS

Posted in: #IndiaNEWS

Coronavirus: Indian chess players donate, raise funds in online tournament to aid relief work #IndiaNEWS
Chess players in India are doing their bit in the fight against the Covid-19, raising more than Rs 3 lakh as their contribution.Some young chess players from across the country hosted an online tournament and raised Rs 1.05 lakh while noted coach RB Ramesh collected funds through his Chess Gurukul with Grandmaster P Harikrishna contributing Rs 2 lakh and Karthikeyan Murali donating Rs 25,000.One GM, seven International Masters, many national chess champions and enthusiasts came together and hosted an online tournament under the aegis of “The Chesster group� on Tuesday, a press release said.The tournament, hosted on Lichess.org, saw enthusiastic response from chess players from cities like Mumbai, Noida, Nagpur, Hyderabad. Donations also came in from the Immortal Chess Forum, the release said.Over 80 chess players and enthusiasts contributed Rs 1.05 lakh to be donated to the PM Cares Fund.Sixteen-year-old Vedant Panesar, Adarsh Tripathi and Yash Srivastava, who conceived the idea, said through the initiative they wanted “contribute in a small way to the cause.�On his part, Ramesh said Chess Gurukul was collecting funds from those interested and the chess community at large in order to provide services to people affected by the coronavirus.“Special thanks to GM Harikrishna @HariChess and GM Karthikeyan Murali @KarthikeyanM64 for contributing RS.2,00,000/-...Read more

Stock Market NEWS Best intraday tips Intraday Stocks below 100

Share & Forward! Do Not Share

0 Reactions   React

Replies (0) Report

Login to post a comment!