31 Oct 2014|Noida |
“North Zone Inter University Chess Tournament” by AIU concludes at Amity Delhi University Chess Team lifts Winners’ Trophy; Punjab University, Chandigarh and CS Dev University, Kanpur declared First and Second Runners up respectively
The much awaited “North Zone Inter University ChessTournament (Men and Women)” by Association of Indian Universities- AIU (InterUniversity Sports Board of India) concluded today at Amity University, Noidawith Delhi University Chess Team lifting the Winners’ Trophy.
The valediction Ceremony of the tournament was graced byMr. Bharat Chauhan, Chief Executive Officer, World Chess Federation (FIDE)& Deputy President, Asian Chess Federation; Dr. Ashok K Chauhan- FounderPresident, Amity Group; Dr. Gurdeep Singh, Jt. Secretary (Sports), Associationof Indian Universities (AIU),Mr. K C Joshi- UP Chess Association and Mr. AKVerma- Delhi Chess Association.
Presenting a summary of the Tournament, Prof. KalpanaSharma, Organizing Secretary, North Zone Inter University Chess (Men &Women) Tournament thanked AIU for entrusting the responsibility of hosting“North Zone Inter University Chess Tournament” at Amity from October 28-31,2014. She shared that the Tournament was played in accordance with FIDE rulesand 6 rounds were conducted with assistance from the officials from UP ChessAssociation and Delhi Chess Association. She revealed that over 160participants from 31 Universities across the North zone participated in theTournament including Punjab University, Chandigarh; Jawaharlal University,Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Kurukshetra University, Punjab TechnicalUniversity and others.
Mr. Bharat Chauhan, Chief Executive Officer, World ChessFederation (FIDE) praised Dr. Ashok K Chauhan and Amity for extensivelypromoting Chess and other sports in the country. He shared that India leads theworld with highest number of rated Chess players. He encouraged and motivatedplayers to keep practicing hard since participation in Tournaments is moreimportant than winning or loosing.
Addressing the gathering, Dr. Ashok K Chauhan- FounderPresident, Amity Group said that Sports are very important for holisticgrooming and Chess inculcates lot of virtues in players such as confidence,leadership skills, decision making, and healthy competitive spirit. Dr. Chauhanannounced the launch of “Amity Chess Club” at Amity University which would actas a “Centre of Excellence for Chess”. He shared that the key objective of Clubwould be to identify the potential star players of Chess and would provide themrequisite infrastructure and training to excel at National and InternationalTournaments. A 5 member Committee has also been instituted to initiate thefunctioning of Amity Chess Club.
Dr. Gurdeep Singh, Jt. Secretary (Sports), Association ofIndian Universities (AIU) thanked Amity University for scientifically andprofessionally hosting the Tournament. He stressed that Sports is a greatpractical education; a player admits the mistakes he commits in the field,learns from them and is strong enough to overcome his weaknesses. He calledupon the students to take up Sports for career, recreation and entertainmentand advised them that winning and loosing is part of the game; most importantis how much heart and soul is poured in while striving for success.
The 6 round Tournament was played as per Swiss leaguesystem, wherein all the teams played all rounds without any knock out. The winning team was declared after the lastround by amassing the scores gathered in different rounds by the concerned teammembers. More than 41 FIDE rated players participated in the tournament. Over 4Arbiters from Delhi Chess Association and 4 Arbiters from UP Chess Associationwere roped in to ensure the fair playing.