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Air India Felicitated To Tripura’s Little Chess Master Aaradhya Das Inside Its Aircraft AI 272.

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Agartala, Tripura, 7th of September, 2024 : With the jointly initiative of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka and FIDE Commonwealth Chess Championship organized Commonwealth Chess Championship, held from 27 August to 5 September at Citrus Hotel, Waskaduwa, Kalutara, Sri Lanka. The tournament directors were IA Wijesuriya, G Luxman. The Commonwealth Chess Championship 2024, has proven to be a thrilling and competitive event, showcasing a variety of chess formats—classical, rapid, and blitz. The tournament, which started on August 28th, features diverse age groups and categories, including sections for the Open and Girls across U-8 to U-18, with the Women’s Section and U-20 categories merged into the Open Section.

Aaradhya Das WCM of North East Chess prodigy from Tripura represented India in Commonwealth Youth Chess Championship 2024 in Sri Lanka. She won the Gold Medal in the under Ten Girls Category with a score of 8.5 of 9.

She returned Tripura from Colombo by flight on Saturday (7th September, 2024). Aaradhya is felicitated for her achievement today by an air hostess of Air India aircraft AI 272 flying at a height of 35000 feet.  

Aaradhya will play in the National Chess Under-11 Girls Category that will be held in Hyderabad next October, informed this information her father Anuj Kumar Das.

 

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