Checkmate time at the Calcutta Swimming Club, with The Telegraph
Checkmate time at the Calcutta Swimming Club, with The Telegraph
Chess moves were the point of debate and discussion at the second edition of the Inter Club Chess Tournament, held in association with The Telegraph at The Calcutta Swimming Club (CSC) on August 12. The day-long do saw six city clubs field seven teams. The format allowed a minimum of four players from each club, three above-21 and one under-21. Each side was allotted 10 minutes, with a total game-time of 20 minutes.
Text: Vedant Karia, Pictures: B. Halder
Published 27.08.18, 06:30 PM
WINNERS: A jubilant Team BRC (standing; from l-r) — Gaurav Baheti, Sunjay Somani, Anshuman Nopany, Kishore Somani, Santosh Kucheria, (sitting from l-r) Vedika Agarwal and Shradha Kucheria. “Playing seven-eight consecutive rounds of chess is extremely taxing, mentally. The entire team played with great vigour and CSC were great competitors. It’s great that clubs are now organising chess competitions, which is a sure-shot way to enhance the sport’s popularity,” said Anshuman Nopany, the chess captain of BRC.
Chess moves were the point of debate and discussion at the second edition of the Inter Club Chess Tournament, held in association with The Telegraph at The Calcutta Swimming Club (CSC) on August 12. The day-long do saw six city clubs field seven teams. The format allowed a minimum of four players from each club, three above-21 and one under-21. Each side was allotted 10 minutes, with a total game-time of 20 minutes.
RUNNERS-UP: Team CSC (l-r) Mrinal Shah, coach Anup Bhowmick, Arhan Boyd, Divyang Sawalka, Anshuman Dabriwala, Mihir Shah and Sumit Jalan clinched the runners-up trophy. “Topping the league stage was awesome. The finals were intense and we felt we were ahead at one point, but our opponents played better. Winning a trophy is always great but since we didn’t win, this is a bittersweet feeling,” said Anshuman Dabriwala, the chess captain of CSC.
The seven teams played a round-robin stage, from which CSC, The Bengal Rowing Club (BRC), The Saturday Club and Space Circle qualified for the next round.
CSC and BRC faced off against each other in the finals, with BRC emerging champions, winning three out of the four games.
