The state has been promoting industry, culture and sports very aggressively off-late.
The Swarnim Gujarat Chess Mahotsav was a Gargantuan task taken up by the Gujarat Govt. to:
- Breach Existing record of Mexico of 13000 chess players playing a tournament at one instance
- promote the game of chess in the state of Gujarat.
The stage was set!! It was time for the average state chess player to be a part of an historic event!!
Surprising enough!! The game of chess which I had learnt during my kindergarten days and followed up religiously during my teens only to gently push it over the parapet ever since, still ignites the kind of passion any other game has failed to ignite!!!
From almost a month ago, I had been planning my travel from Mumbai to Ahmedabad, so that I could have participated in the event.
A sneak peek into the arrangements
- The organizers this time went Hitech and all the details of the event were Pre-launched on the Chess Gujarat Website.
- The GMDC ground in Ahmedabad was decorated and decked up like never before....
- Around 40000 Chairs and tables were systematically laid to resemble a chess board.
- All the 1000 masters and 19000 players were given a unique code which took them to their exact location.
- 20000 players, 1000 masters, and around 5000 arbiters were on field through out the day.
