Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India]- After finishing its trip in Meerut, the first-ever Chess Olympiad Lantern Relay is good to go to reach Agra, Kanpur, and also Lucknow on Sunday.
” Location Uttar Pradesh !! On 26th June, the Torch will take a trip to Agra, Kanpur and Lucknow As part of #AmritMahotsav the first ever before Lantern Relay for Chess Olympiad will travel throughout 75 cities of India over the span of 40 days,” tweeted SAI Media.
Previously on Saturday, the torch had actually gotten to Meerut, where it was received by Uttar Pradesh Priest, Dr Somendra Tomar from Grandmaster Tejas Bakre. The lantern got to Meerut after taking a trip from Dehradun and also Haridwar.
Other cities that have actually been covered so far include Leh, Jammu, Srinagar, Dharamshala, Shimla, Chandigarh, Patiala, Amritsar, Panipat, Gurugram, and Kurukshetra.
The torch, introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, started its relay from Leh.
The lantern will travel in 75 cities for 40 days before it culminates at Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu. 189 nations are participating in the Chess Olympiad. Chess grandmasters will certainly get the torch at different recognized locations.
This year, for the extremely first time, the International Chess Body, FIDE, has instituted the Chess Olympiad Lantern which becomes part of Olympic tradition yet was never ever carried out in the Chess Olympiad. India will certainly be the first-ever nation to have the Chess Olympiad Torch Relay.
The 44th edition of the globe’s most significant chess event will certainly be kept in Mahabalipuram near Chennai from July 28 to August 10.
In virtually 100 years of the background of the Chess Olympiad, it’s the first time that India will certainly be hosting this prominent occasion. With 188 nations registered for the upcoming Olympiad, Indian sporting history is also set to witness a big churchgoers of countries on Indian soil for the first time at an occasion.
Furthermore, AICF has unveiled a social media sites project ‘Namaste Globe’, inviting the chess community from worldwide for this occasion.
AICF had earlier introduced 2 Indian groups each in the open as well as females’s sections as the 44th Chess Olympiad has attracted 343 groups in both areas.
