Tuesday, May 14, 2013

World Class Chess Club


Ahmedabad has its own World Class Chess Club now!

Started on 28th April, Tirth Chess Club is the first Chess club of Gujarat started by a few Chess enthusiasts from Ahmedabad, Surat and Baroda. The aim of the club is to promote Chess & train the upcoming chess-talents to showcase them to the world.

A huge playing area that accommodates 50 playing tables, AC classrooms, Library related to Chess, e-learning are few of the many key features that the Club has. They also have a Tournament hall that can house more than 400 people at a time. Look out for much awaited All India Chess Federation’s Tournament.

Joy Chauhan, one of the co-founders & winner of Gujarat 2006 tournament, has shifted his base from Surat to Ahmedabad with the sole purpose of setting up & running the club. He has taught well known players like Jeet Jain & Aditya Vaidya.

They currently have 6 dedicated tutors who run different batches for different age group, depending upon students’ current chess learning stage.

The fee moves anywhere from Rs. 500 for a basic course of 10 days to Rs. 5000 yearly for those are aiming high in Chess.

The founders & core members of the Club are : Joy Chauhan, Hemal Thanki, Palak Patel and Mukund Bhatt.

Address : TIrth Chess Club, Opposite Gandhi ashram, Ashram road, Ahmedabad. 079-65155577 / 27556777

Article contributed by : Krishna Lala


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