AGGCC awaits next week

 

With the 23rd ASEAN+ age group chess championships starting in a week's time, the Penang Chess Association has released this message from the Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim. It's confirmed that three of his grandchildren, will be competing in the age-group events. Last year, two of them had played in the Eastern Asia youth chess championships but this time, all three grandsons will be playing in the Under-10, Under-12 and Under-14 sections. 

The event will take place in the Berjaya Penang Hotel in Burmah Road from 2nd to 10th July. The standard chess competition shall be from the 2nd to the 8th, the rapid chess event on the 9th and followed by the blitz chess on the 10th.