International Rating Chess from June 24

Kochi, Jun 20 (UNI) As many as 200 players will vie for honours in the 19th CUSAT International Rating Chess Tournament to be held here from June 24.

Talking to newspersons here today, Tournament Secretary M S Ananthakrishnan said international Masters P Koguvel, Balasubramanian and R R Lakshmanan from Tamil Nadu, Saptarshi Roy from West Bengal and K Ratnakaran of Railways would participate in the week-long tournament.

He said the total prize money for the tournament would be Rs 1.25 lakh. The tournament will be jointly organised by Cochin University Union and CUSAT Chess Club.

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