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MSSA conducts inter-school online chess to beat COVID hurdles
Updated On: 24 November, 2020 07:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Sundari Iyer
Throughout this lockdown, I have got so used to online classes, that playing online chess felt similar, said Trisha.
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U-16 champ Vaarin Gada during MSSA's online chess tourney
Given that almost all sporting activity across the city continues to be on hold due to the Coronavirus-forced lockdown, the Mumbai Schools Sports Association (MSSA) decided to conduct its inter-school chess tournament online recently. And the event was a huge success, with almost 900 students participating in it.
"With the District Sports Office [DSO] not scheduling any sporting competitions till December, the MSSA executive committee, at its meeting earlier this month, decided to conduct the chess tournament online from November 20 to 22. And we are proud to announce that there were 867 participants across five age groups, from U-12 to U-16," MSSA treasurer Sebastian Fernandes told
mid-day on Monday.
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