Chess

With just 4 days to go for BOSM ’09 we got in touch with Darshan Gandhi, captain of the BITS chess team. The team looks confident of being crowned with glory this BOSM with three national level palyers – Nipun Chourasia, Ankit Jetwani and Mohit Hingorani. Darshan told us that the team has been training two hours each day for the past one month. The senior players and some of the national level players have been constantly guiding and supporting the other members of the team. Darshan said that the team has been working on a few new tricks and techniques. The use of internet and other books has also helped their strategy. He was also very happy by the interest shown by the BITSians for the game. Out of the 80 first yearites that turned up for the trials, 7 made it to the final team. Chess at BOSM ’09 will see IIT Kanpur and NIT Trichy participating for the first time. The BITS team will though be on the lookout for Zakir Hussain College. BITS has 3 teams each comprising of 5 members participating in the three events Rapid Chess, Classical Chess and a Puzzle Solving round.

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