Carnival chess festival held

Carnival Chess Festival has thrilled the school goers held in the capital as the participants have shown excellence in the strategic game.

Over hundred young chess lovers joined the daylong festival at Public Order Management premises in capital’s Mirpur on Friday.

Dotlines Group has started the initiative ‘Carnival Chess’ to popularise chess in Bangladesh, said a media release.

Participants got opportunity to play chess with grand masters. Besides, there were quiz, puzzle, team play options for participant students and their guardians.

Under leadership of Khandakar Kayes Hasan, country’s three grand masters – Reefat Bin Sattar, Ziaur Rahman and Enamul Hossain Rajib involved with the Carnival Chess.

Carnival chess chief coordinator Kayes Hasan said that Bangladesh didn’t see any grandmaster since 2008. He said the game, which is at the top of popularity in other countries, seems to be slowly losing its luster in

Bangladesh.