In CBSE National Chess Championship held at DAV School, Amritsar, students of St Anthony gave excellent performance. With two wins and one draw, the team secured 14th position.

Principal William D’ Souza informed that in the championship that held from 18th to 23rd November, the team after 6 rounds defeated DAV Amritsar and The Loren’s Public School, New Delhi and had a draw with Indian School, Dubai. The team secured 5 marks and gained 14th rank.

In Individual game, Mudit Babel secured 2.5 marks in the first three rounds but faced defeat in the last two rounds. The competition was tough as besides Grandmaster Vaibhav Suri, FIDE players with more than 2000 points were a part of the championship.

With trainer Vikas Sahu, FIDE rated players Mudit Babel (captain), Nikhil Yadav, Yugansh Shukla, International player Manthan Chittora and Kushal Patel participated in the competition.