Indian chess staff from Yerawada jail win bronze at intercontinental championship
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Representing India, a chess staff from Yerawada jail in Pune, gained a bronze medal on the just lately concluded Intercontinental 'Chess for Freedom' On-line Championship for Prisoners, organized by World Chess Federation (FIDE).
This was the primary time that the event witnessed the participation of Indian jail groups who competed with greater than 85 groups from 46 international locations.
The collaborating Indian groups had been groomed and skilled beneath Indian Oil Company's (IOC) 'Parivartan - Jail to Delight' initiative, the state-owned agency stated in an announcement.
"Below this outreach, IOC is facilitating coaching programmes in numerous sports activities corresponding to chess, basketball, badminton, volleyball and carrom throughout prisons in India to assist enhance the bodily and psychological well-being of inmates," it stated.
IOC, in affiliation with the All India Chess Federation, chosen the Indian groups for this intercontinental championship by way of the first-ever 'Parivartan - Jail to Delight On-line Chess Event' whereby 20 Indian prisons took half.
Groups from Pune and Prayagraj prisons booked their berth for the championship whereas the ladies and juvenile groups from Tihar Jail in Delhi certified of their respective classes.
The Yerawada jail staff gained a bronze medal on the championship, the assertion stated.
IOC Chairman S M Vaidya, who conceptualised the initiative, congratulated the medal-winning staff, and stated, "It's heartening that this particular endeavour of IndianOil has borne fruits inside such a brief span of time and it validates the dedication with which our groups are stewarding such social outreaches throughout India."
"Their success strengthens our resolve to assist enrich the standard of lifetime of the communities round us. I have to additionally laud the IndianOil Sports activities stars who got here ahead to teach these champions," he stated.
For the reason that initiative's launch on August 15, 2021, IOC has lined 37 prisons spanning 20 states and 5 Union Territories, teaching over 1,750 inmates, in three phases.
Via this outreach, teaching amenities together with gear and kits are offered to the individuals. Worldwide-level sportspersons from IndianOil are supervising the programme.
Coaches from IOC embody Grandmasters Esha Karavade, Soumya Swaminathan, Padmini Raut, SS Ganguly, and Abhijit Kunte in Chess; Manjusha Kanwar (former nationwide champion), Abhinn Shyam Gupta (Arjuna awardee), and S Arun Vishnu (former nationwide champion) in badminton.
Different coaches are Rushmi Chakravarthi (former nationwide champion) in tennis and famend worldwide gamers Yogesh Pardesi, Mohd. Gufran, Kajal Kumari, and Ramesh Babu in carrom.
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