More than 200 contestants from different districts of UP state are expected to participate in this Championship contest.

The Championship tournament was inaugurated by the chief guest Sh. Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman, I.T.S -The Education Group & Vice President of Ghaziabad District Chess Association, Shri Charul Bhatnagar, General Secretary ( U.P.Chess Sports Association, Ghaziabad), Mr. Raj kumar (International Arbitrator), Sh.Yash Raj (Deputy Chief Arbitrator), Dr. Vidya Sekhri, Director (Management), Dr. Sunil Pandey, Director (IT), Prof. Nancy Sharma, Vice Principal(UG) and Dr. D.K.Pandey (Faculty Sports Coordinator) with ceremonial lamplighting to Goddess of Learning Maa Saraswati in I.T.S Sports Complex.

This Championship aimed for nurturing chess players at national and international level and promotion & development of chess in the state of U.P in all age groups.

Sh. Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman- The I.T.S Group congratulated and expressed his best wishes to all participants for their active participation and encouraged them to excel in future. Dr. Vidya Sekhri, director (Management) emphasized on both the physical and mental development of the youth to achieve grand success in life and ensured to extend maximum possible support to promote sportsmanship in the region.