Title - The Hindu : NATIONAL / KARNATAKA : Railway chess championship

The 25th All-India Inter Railway Chess Championships will be held at Mysore from September 22 to 29. Twenty teams from various railway zones and production units will participate in the event.

One Grand Master, 17 International Masters and five FIDE Masters, apart from many experienced players and title aspirants will compete with each other.

Mysore Railway Divisional Sports Association is hosting the event in association with the South Western Railway Sports Association and it will be held at Chamundi Club, Railway Officers’ Club Complex. Grand Master R.R. Laxman, International Masters K. Ratnakaran, Akshat Kamparia, Swapnil S. Dhopade, Arghyadeep Das, Vikramditya Kulkarni, Rahul Sangma, P.D.S. Girinath, Somak Palit, Saptarishi Roy Choudhary, Saptarishi Roy, Suvrajit Saha, are some among the prominent players who will compete in the event. Divisional Railway Manager of Mysore Division Vinod Kumar will inaugurate the championships on Saturday at 8 a.m. General Manager of SWR Ashok Kumar Mital will give away the prizes on September 29 at 5 p.m.