HOST: Pondicherry State Chess Association
CONTACT PERSON: JC R Devkumar, Secretary, PSCA, 37-A, Fourth Cross, Rainbow Nagar, Pondicherry-605011. Mobile: 9345450649. E-mail: devakumar_jc@ yahoo. co.in

DESCRIPTION:
*     The championship offers a total cash prizes of Rs 77,000, which included Rs 10,000 for the champion and Rs 7,000 for the runner-up in both boys and girls categories.
*     There will be 11 rounds of competition.

ODISHA SQUAD:
OPEN: Rishabh Anand, Priyansu Kumar Patra, Mahitosh Dey, Aryan Arnab Samantaray, Nikhil Mohanty, Diksyant Dash, Amit Kumar Sahoo, Sumit Biswal
GIRLS: Aditi Mohanty, Swagatika Samal, P Sairupa, Miracle Panda (all girls). Manager: Satya Ranjan Patnaik.