Equal prize money for boys and girls in chess meets

 by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)

 CHANDIGARH, MARCH 12

In its Annual General Body meeting the Haryana Chess Association decided to give equal prize money to boys as well as girls. Earlier boys used to get more prize money in comparison to girls. A resolution in this connection was moved by Mr. Pawan Kaushik of Bhiwani which was approved unanimously in the AGM of the association which was held under the chairmanship of Mr. Naresh Garg – President of The Haryana Chess Association on Sunday 11-03-2012 in Gurgaon.

 After the meeting Mr. Naresh Sharma- General Secretary informed that following other decision were taken:

1. Haryana State (Junior) Chess Championship would be held at Sonepat in the Month of April-May 2012.

    The exact date will be informed very soon.

2. Haryana State Open Chess Championship-2012 would be held at Gurgaon from 27-29^th April-2012.

3. State Rapid Tournament would be held at Bhiwani on 14^th & 15^th April.

4. Gurgaon International Open tournament in December-2012

 Among those present in the meeting were Naresh Garg-President, Mr. Naresh Sharma (Gurgaon)-General Secretary, Mr. Pradeep Gupta, Mr. Sanjay Goel (Bhiwani), Mr. Mahesh Tanwar (Bhiwani), Mr. Pawan Kaushik (Bhiwani), Mr. Umed Sharma (Rohtak), Mr. Dinesh Kumar (Jhajjar), Mr. Desh Rattan Gulati ( Hissar), Mr. Raj Pal Chauhan (Yamunanagar), Mr. Rajiv Jain (Sirsa), Mr. D.S.Suri ( Faridabad) and Mr. Anil Kumar Parnami (Karnal).