CHESS: 2024 Zonal Championship Kicks-Off in Bauchi
By Adamu IMAM Bauchi
The first edition of the 2024 northeast zonal chess championship Kick-off in Bauchi State including all categories
Speaking to sports writers in Bauchi, the president Nigeria Chess Federation, DIG Usman Sani Muhammad said, the federation had earlier mandated all zonal representative to organize activities in order to uplift chess event in their respective zones.
He explained that the zonal championship is open to all categories including top players, and will save as a qualifier to the annual national chess championship and other international engagement.
According him, for a player to qualify, must meet standard of twenty one games by ranking from the zone to the national camp in Abuja.
The national President urged interested players to show up and display their talents during a three day chess event in the state
DIG Muhammad, who started playing chess in nineteen seventy three, 1973 emphasized that through chees competition many issues affecting children would be corrected and guided for the betterment of the society.
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