Chennai: With the 44th Chess Olympiad scheduled to be held in Mahabalipuram near here and Tamil Nadu being a strong chess-playing state, chess players in the state are a surprised lot.
For, they are not finding the Tamil Nadu Women's team participating in the MPL 19th National Team Chess Championship for Women-2022, currently underway at Jalgaon in Maharashtra.
"This is really news to me. I am surprised to know that the women's team is not playing in the national team championship," a senior office bearer of the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association (TNSCA) told IANS preferring anonymity.
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"The state is home to seven Women Grandmasters and 13 Women International Masters. Even in the non-titled category, the state has good players with decent ELO ratings," another chess official told IANS.
Both of them said it is strange why the TNSCA did not send a team for the National Team Championship.