- Grandmaster played with 12 students simultaneously
- Top 10 participants were honoured with Prize money, trophy and certificate.
Grandmaster Viswanathan
Anand won the Edify Chess Tournament against the 12 champions in 1:12 match, a
unique tournament organised by Edify International School and Pune District
Chess Association held at Edify International School Hinjewadi.
This was the unique
chess tournament for school student aged between 5 and 16 years. The
preliminary rounds were held on November 17- 18, 2018, which witnessed around 486
participants from Pune.
While interacting with
media Grandmaster said, “I am very happy, that Edify International School is
focused and passionate in building these critical skills by encouraging the young
minds to think critically, to challenge themselves to do things every day they
couldn’t do before, both in chess and life to accept winning and losing
outcomes gracefully.”
Ms Priya Anand, Head of
School said, “This was the most
unique opportunity for students of Pune as it gave them an experience to play
with the Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand. Huge thanks to everyone who
participated in this event. It was an exhilarating experience to compete with
fellow competitors.”
Mr. Joseph D’Souza,
Chairman, Pune District Chess Association said, “It is a Golden
opportunity for the budding youngsters of Pune, who have qualified to pit their
skills with the legendary five times World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand.
For others it was the witnessing the games and learning from the nuggets of wisdom
given by the Legend himself. Kudos to
Edify International School & Pune District Chess Association for providing
this excellent opportunity to the Chess fraternity of Pune.”
The top 10 participants
Kashish Jain, Shivraj Pingle, Digambar Jail, Keval Nirgun, Advait Patil, Prem
Mhetre, Sahil Dhobale, Yuvraj Patil, Aryan Singla and Dhiren Mor were honoured
with prize money, trophy and certificates. And Atharva Bagul and Chhavi Bafna
were felicitated with a medal by Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand.
The prize money for top 10 participants was 1) Rs.10, 000/- 2) Rs.6000/- 3) Rs.
4000/- 4) Rs. 2500/-, 5)2500/- 6) Rs. 2000/- 7) Rs 2000/- 8) 2000/- 9)2000/-
and 10) 2000/-
The
Edify International School offers a broad, rich and challenging curriculum based
on the world-renowned IB programmes. It promotes a strong foundation in the
academic disciplines, a broad exposure to the liberal arts, and selective
opportunities to pursue individual interests.
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