It's not mentioned in the above image, but the celebration of the Penang Chess Association's golden anniversary will be held this Monday, 19 December 2022, at the school hall of the St Xavier's Institution at 2.30pm, where this year's Penang heritage city chess open tournament will take place daily until Christmas Eve.
Why use the SXI as the tournament venue? It's because after the pandemic lockdown of the past two years, the Penang Chess Association is forced to cut down on expenses when carrying out their activities. Previous editions of this annual event were played at the Red Rock Hotel and I understand that the fees of using their old cinema hall were very expensive. Thus, the need to seek an alternative venue. The school hall here fitted the association's needs as it is cheap and centrally located.
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