A total of 20 tournaments have been played so far under the Khelo Chess India Series organized by ChessBase India in Bhopal, the state capital.

And now in this series, the first Khelo Chess India Inter School Trophy was organized. This one-day chess tournament was organized at St. Xavier's School in four different categories.

A total of 235 players from almost all the major schools of Bhopal participated in this inter-school chess tournament. The tournament was an individual Swiss chess tournament and individual medals were awarded. The team championship was decided on the basis of combined scores of top 5 players of each school in the boys category, and top 3 players in the girls category.

Carmel Convent School won the team championship trophy in the under-12 age group in the girls category.

In the individual event, Arna Chaubey (DPS Nilbad), Tanu Sinha (St. Xavier) and Mrida Singh (The Sanskaar Valley) won gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

St. Xavier's School won the team championship trophy in the Under-12 Open Team Championship.

While in the individual event, Ishan Singh Khanuja (The Sanskaar Valley), Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (St. Xavier's), and Bhavya Agarwal (Sagar Public School) won the gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

The Sanskaar Valley School won the team championship trophy in the Girls under-19 category.

While in the individual event, Purva Pachoria (St. Montfort School), Tanu Sinha (St. Xavier) and Mrida Singh (The Sanskaar Valley) won the gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

St. Xavier's School won the Team Championship trophy in Boys Under-19 Team Championship.

While in the individual event, Iman Ahmed (St. Xavier), Aditya Singh Jaat (St.Xavier) and Shubh Jain (The Sanskaar valley School) won the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals respectively.

In the Under 15 age group, which was a part of the Under 19 team championship, the individual medals in the boys category were Abeer Dubey (Gold, The Sanskaar Valley School), Arnav B Kumar (Silver, St. Xavier's School) and Kavya Jain (Bronze, World Way International).

In the girls category, Kavya Jain (World Way School) and Ira Sharma (DPS Nilbad), Samriddhi Chandel (Sagar Public School) and Anvi Jalani (The Sanskaar Valley) won gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

As a tournament director, this tournament was very special for me. Because, I believe that only chess in schools can take this game further in the country. It can also play an important role in forming good citizens of the country.

Siblings Aishwin Daniel and Aishwarya Daniel, who are not only FIDE rated players but also alumni of St. Xavier's School, played a special role in organizing this tournament. Apart from these two, many other alumni also played a very important role in this event.

St. Xavier School won two trophies and was the best school!

This article was translated to English by Himank Ghosh.

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