GUWAHATI, May 4 - The PC Borooah First Sunday Chess Tournament will be held on May 8 at the academy premises in Chandmari here. The tournament is open to all. The top five players will be awarded trophy and cash prize while top ten players will be awarded trophy. Besides the top ten main prizes, trophies will be awarded to top three players from U-7, U-9, U-11 and U-13 categories. The tournament will be restricted to 40 players.
Fide rating: Medha Baruah and Anoushka Priyam of PC Borooah Chess Academy became latest International Rated player from Assam. According to FIDE rating list published by World Chess Federation on May 1, Medha got 1115 rating points while Anoushka got 1239 rating points.