Young participants at the selection chess tournament at Jammu on Sunday.
Jammu: Jammu Division selection Chess events, organized by All J&K Chess Association (AJKCA), started today at Hotel Nek, here under the guidance of associate vice president, Baldev Raj.
The opening day witnessed competition in under-nine boys and girls, under-seven boys and girls, senior women and under-19 women categories.
In both senior women and under-19 age group, Meenal Gupta and Arushi Kotwal declared joint winners. The under-seven title went to Advik Gupta while Navya Sharma won the under-seven girls final. Lakshya Choudhary and Ashwina Raina stood first in boys and girls under-seven categories respectively.
Earlier, the competition declared open by president AJKCA, Atul Kumar Gupta.