RAIA: The All India Chess Federation for the Blind (AICFB) and Unique Chess Academy Goa will organise the AICFB West Zone Chess Championship for Visually Challenged from August 2 – 6 at Shri Shantadurga Kunkallikarin Temple, Fatorpa.
It will be the second time that Goa will host the event. It will be conducted under the Swiss league system, comprising nine rounds.
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Players from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Goa will participate. Later, 15 players will participate in the National Championship for the Visually Challenged.
The event carries a prize money of Rs 50,000. The event is being organised under the chairmanship of Kishor Bandekar, alongwith Charudatta Jadhav (president AICFB), Manish Thool (general secretary AICFB).
