The young boys and girls taking part in the chess tournament were taken by pleasant surprise when Salem District Collector V. Sampath visited the venue all of a sudden on Sunday afternoon to watch the players in action.
Mr. Sampath, a chess player in his college days, visited the venue voluntarily when the players were engaged in the final round. He had a pep talk with some of the youngsters.
He later went to the stage and posed some questions regarding the game of chess.
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He was pleasantly surprised to find many of the youngsters giving correct answer.
The Collector presented a shawl to R. Hari Akash, a class V student of Senthil Public School, Salem, the youngest among the lot, who gave correct answer to one of his questions.
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