Open chess tournament
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 22 2015 :
The Manipur Chess Association (MCA) is organising the 1st Manipur Open Chess tournament, 2015 from July 29 to August 6 at Dharmalaya Social Welfare Centre Community Hall, Nahabam, Imphal.
The North Eastern players are invited in the tournament for which free lodging, fooding and trnasportation will be arranged by the association, informed a statement issued by MCA.
The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 50,000, Rs 40,000, Rs 25,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively.
For the veteran category, the champion will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 5000 .
A cash prize of Rs 5000 each will be awarded to the best players of the hill dictricts of Manipur while all the participants from hill districts of the State will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 2000, added the statement.