17-06-2025
Hundred years: All-India chess
'The Stateman's' Simla correspondent wired to that paper on June 15: The All-India Chess Championship tournament has come to a successful conclusion at Chail. It is considered an important event in the history of chess in India, both from the point of view of the number of players engaged, and the high quality of games exhibited, which showed that chess players in India, given time and opportunity, can hold their own against the international players of the West. All the entrants were guests of His Highness, the Maharaja of Patiala, who distributed the prizes to the winners.
