86 years of service to the nation
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GUWAHATI, Sept 9 � Shahil Dey of Assam clinched the 28th National U-7 Chess Championship held at Kolkata from September 1 to 9. Shahil scored 9.5 points in 11 rounds to emerge champion with a half point margin against top seed Dev Shah of Maharashtra.
Shahil, seeded 4th in the starting rank list also gained a total of 79.9 ELO points with this performance and secured his berth for the World U-7 Chess Championship to be held later this year.
Shahil in fact created history by being the only player from Assam to win a national championship ever.
Assam Chess Club, Akshayam, Guwahati Chess Association and Gauhati Town Club Chess Foundation conveyed it�s congratulation to Shahil for his achievement, states a press release.
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