Event Date : 18 Apr, 2019
Updated on : 18 Apr, 2019
Total Photos : 16
Description : "Chess doesn’t drive people mad, it keeps mad people sane.” – Bill Hartston Delhi Public School, Eldeco marked 18th and 19th April, 2019 as the day of becoming intellectuals as students were given the golden opportunity to learn to play Chess from Govind Ballabh Joshi, Coach of the Junior Indian Chess Team. The school also established the specialized Chess Room for the same. The programme was inaugurated through a ribbon cutting ceremony by Mr. G. B. Joshi and the Principal, Dr. Deepti Dwivedi. The initial moves of the first chess game of the day was also taken by them. To be trained by the living legend Mr. G. B. Joshi was a matter of great pride and value for the little chess aspirers. As Mr. G. B. Joshi who has been the champion at 25th Abu Dhabi International Chess festival - Juniors, Aug, 2018, Asian Youth Chess Championship, Tehran, Iran in 2002, World Youth Chess Championship, Crete, Greece in 2002, World Youth Chess Championship, Halkidiki Greece in 2003, Asian Chess Championship, Held at Singapore in 2004 and many more to come. Children thanked him for his valuable technical guidance. Coach G. B. Joshi also appreciated the comprehensive efforts of the school Principal and the coach Mr. Ravi for formulating such well-equipped Chess Room for the students and let the doors wide open for the budding chess masters.