The top seeded emerged winners in their first round matches of the Lucknow District Chess Championship 2010 which commenced at KD Singh ?Babu? Stadium, Lucknow on Friday. The championship is being organised under the aegis of Lucknow District Chess Sports Association (LDCSA). Secretary LDCSA AK Raizada informed that top seeds, including top seeded player Deepak Katiyar, second seed Nasir Ali, third seed Junaid Ahmed, fourth seed Rajendra Kumar, fifth seed Sunil Kumar, sixth seed Kuldeep Shankar and seventh seed Sayeed Ahmed all won their first round matches. Players selected from this championship will be participating in the state chess championship to be held at Kanpur from August 27, he further added.
Visit to NIS Patiala
Director Sports (UP) Dr Hari Om along with a Regional Sports Officer are on a three-day visit to NIS Patiala. Principal Secretary Sports (UP) Dr Lalit Varma informed that these officials have gone to the sports institute to study the facilities available there so that some of them could be implemented here also.