Three city players win praises at Nat’l Armature Chess Championship

Kanpur: Three young chess players of the city marked their presence in MPL Xth National Armature Chess Championship being played at Sangrur city of Punjab from February 18.
Secretary Kanpur Chess Association Dilip Srivastava said that only three players from the city had participated in the event. Tanya Verma stood at fourth place with 7 points in under-17 years age group championship while her sister Sakshi Verma got 15th place with 5 points. Vikas Nishad participated in the under-20 men group and secured fifth place with 6.5 points.
Around 396 chess players from all over India participated in this event which was held in 9 rounds.