First international chess tournament of Tripura

First international chess tournament concludes in Agartala

Ques: Who won the first ever FIDE-rated international chess championship held at Agartala?

(a) Rajdeep Sarkar
(b) Rahul Singh
(c) Prasenjit Dutta
(d) Sourav Ghosh

Ans (c)

Related facts:

  • First ever international open FIDE-rated chess championship held at Agartala, the capital city of Tripura.
  • The five-day tournament was organised by the All Tripura Parents Chess Forum at the Sahid Bhagat Singh youth hostel in Khejurbagan.
  • This was the first ever big chess tournament held in the state in which 139 players other than locals also from various other states like West Bengal, Manipur, Assam, Mizoram, Delhi and Punjab participated.
  • Local veteran chess player of the state Prasenjit Dutta cinched the 1st position and won the title of the championship.

Reference:

http://www.tripurainfo.com/info/ArchiveDet.aspx?WhatId=16624

http://www.bfirst.in/article/chess/2652/first-international-chess-tournament-concludes-agartala