The Asian Schools Chess Championship passed the halfway mark today 5th December 2024. All India Chess Federation President Nitin Narang makes the ceremonial moves opening round 5. Looking on are, from left, IA Haroon or Rashid of Bangladesh, IA Husan Turdialiev of Uzbekistan, Asian Chess Federation Deputy President Bharat Singh of India, Deputy Chief Arbiter IA Dharmendra Kumar of India and Chief Arbiter K.K. Chan of Hong Kong.
Japanese players, from left, Itokazu Antonio (U9), Akiyama Kairi (U9), Nishida Eito (U9), Ta Viet Phong (U11), Endo Shuma (U13) and Rolston Daniel Haruma (U15)
