The 3rd Invitational School Chess Championship is Held at Acropolis Mall in 2026

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News Desk, News Nation 360: The Acropolis Mall, in partnership with the Bengal Chess Association, successfully organised the 3rd Invitational School Chess Championship 2026, in which more than 150 students from 60 leading institutions like Don Bosco, St. Xavier's Collegiate School, DPS Ruby Park, South Point High School, La Martiniere for Boys from the city of Kolkata competed in a six-round FIDE Swiss League. The event was attended by eminent chess players like Grandmaster Mitrabha Guha and Woman Grandmaster Nisha Mohta, in addition to Merlin Group Corporate CGM (Retail & Hospitality) Subhadip Basu and chess organiser Atanu Lahiri. In this championship, Lakshmipat Singhania Academy won the prestigious ‘Best School' Award with 16.5 points (second place was taken by Rammohan Mission School, followed by BDM International School in the third position), and Soumyadeep Nath of Lakshmipat Singhania Academy bagged the championship trophy by winning all his six games (runner-up was Aurinjay Mukhopadhyay of Future Foundation School and third was Darsh Murarka with 5.5 points).

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