Jamshoro, February 02, 2023 (PPI-OT):Sindh University Jamshoro team won the second position in the 15th All Pakistan HAC Inter-Varsity Chess Championship organized by Dow University of Health Sciences. Teams from 24 universities of Pakistan participated in this championship organized in collaboration with Higher Education Commission Islamabad. In the championship, competitions were held between 4 groups consisting of 6 teams each.
3 in the competition, Islamia University of Bahawalpur team 2 against one, Government College University Hyderabad against 3, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore team 2 against one, Iqra University Karachi in the quarter finals.
The team won the second position in the championship by defeating the team of 2 rounds against one and in the semi-final against Namal University Islamabad by 2 rounds against one. The Sindh University team players included Abdul Mairaj, Muhammad Najmuddin, Syed Saram Wasti and Suresh Kumar, who participated in the championship under the leadership of Director Sports (Boys) Ajved Ahmed Bhatti.
On the other hand, after securing a good position in the championship, the players of the chess team along with Director of Sports (Boys) Ajved Ahmed Bhatti met the Vice Chancellor of Sindh University Professor (Meritorious) Dr. Muhammad Siddique Kalhoro in his office and showed him the runner-up trophy. Vice Chancellor Dr. Kalhoro expressed his happiness on the success of Sindh University’s chess team and congratulated the director of sports and the players of the team.
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Director
Centre for Pure and Applied Geology
University of Sindh
University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
Tel: +92-22-9213167
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E-mail: shsolangi@usindh.edu.pk
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