Punjab State Chess Tournament for the Deaf was organized jointly by the Punjab Deaf Sports Association and All India Pingalwara Charitable Society at Pingalwara, Manawala Complex, Amritsar. The competition was conducted under the supervision of Punjab Chess Association and was inaugurated by Narinder Singh, chairman of the Punjab Chess Association. He assured everyone that all out efforts would be made to promote chess amongst the hearing impaired.
Twelve boys and seven girls took part in the competition. In boys above 16 years, Sham (Barnala) came first; Surinder (Fazilka) second; Nitin (Amritsar) third; Sumit Chopra (Fazilka) fourth and Amritpal (Amritsar) fifth.
In girls above 16 years, defending champion Malika (Jalandhar) was first, Kulvinder (Amritsar) second and Sharanjit (Amritsar) came third.
In the girls below 16 years, Navdeep (Amritsar) was first. Malika, the current Asian chess champion, inspired players with a motivated speech and advised everyone to work hard and improve the standard of chess amongst the hearing impaired.
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