Rambir Blitz chess from Sept.13

By A Staff Reporter

KATHMANDU: Makhan Chess Game Committee (MCGC) will organise the two-day Rambir Memorial Blitz Chess competition from September 13.

The matches, to be played at Tarini Bahal, at Makhan, will each be of 15-minute duration. According to President of the Committee Sujendra Prasad Shrestha, the tournament will have about 64 players , including present and former Nepal chess champions.

The rapid-fire chess tournament will also help end the wrong conception about chess as the game of inert. The first four players will receive cash prizes along with citation, Shrestha said.

MCGC that was constituted after the sudden death of Rambir Shrestha, the then secretary of Nepal Chess Association had also organised Rambir Memorial Chess tournament last year.

President Shrestha said that the tournament will cost about Rs. 30,000 which has been collected from the locals of Makhan. " We have not received a single penny from the National Sports Council though we have requested it many times," Shrestha said.

Former MP Mangalsiddhi Manandhar had provided Rs. 31,000 to buy a computer to help train new and aspiring chess players. At the press meet, MCGC Secretary Sumir Lama, former Nepal chess champion Navin Tandukar, Badri Nepali, Punyaman Karmacharya and Sita Ram Agrawal expressed their views.

LRI rule the roost

By A Staff Reporter

LALITPUR, Sept. 6: LRI rules the roost in the 3rd Inter-School Swimming Championship which began here at Hattiban at Little Angels' School. The meet, organised by LAS, was opened by NP Saud, State Minister for Sports and Education, today.

Altogether 279 participants from 31 schools are taking part in 58 events in the three-day competition from September 6 to 8. The results of the 20 events were declared today.

LRI came first in five events, Penwood Academy in three, Little Angels' School, The British School, Baba Boarding School, KISC, Rato Bangala in 2 events each and Ideal English School and Nagarjun International School in one event each.

Similarly, LRI came second in four events, LAS and St. Mary's in three events each, Ideal English, KISC in two events each and Rato Bangala, Penwood Academy, Nagarjun International School, The British School, Baba Boarding School and Shuvatara in one event each.

LRI and LAS came third in five events each, Ideal English School and KISC in two events each, and Rato Bangala, Penwood Academy, Nagarjun International School, The British School, Gyanodaya Bal Batika and Shahid Dharma Bhakta School in one event each.