Kozhikode, Aug 2: As many as 300 players, including many grand masters from various part of the country are expected to participate in the S K Pottekkat Gold Medal Fide-rated All India Open Chess Tournament-2007 beginning here on August 7.
Some of the IM and GM norm players who have confirmed their participation includes Sompalik, R R Lakshman, Balasubramanian, K Ratnakaran, G N Gopal, O T Anil Kumar, Nimmi A George, Saritha, M B Muraleedharan, E P Nirmal and P K Konkuvel, general convenor P M V Panicker told reporters here today.
Kozhikode Corporation Mayor M Bhaskaran would inaugurate the seven-day Rs one lakh prize money event, he added.
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