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2026-09-20 · Community
Chess for All — Open Category Championship
Congratulations to all winners — 1st prize: Abhyuday Srivastava; 2nd prize: Aditya Pandey; 3rd prize: Abhishek Tiwari. View the event details and photo gallery.
2026-10-02 · Programme
Chess for All — Open Category
The next Open Category chess event begins at 10:00 AM at Georgetown, Institute of PowerBI and Advanced Excel. Register by 1 October 2026.
2026 · Milestone
Shistra Foundation takes shape
An education-and-social-change initiative organised around six Play Zones, with Chess for All as the first fully described on-ground programme.
2026 · Programme
Chess for All programme design
Eight community tracks — schools, youth, wellbeing, seniors, women, underserved children, Divyang participants, and chess behind bars — each subject to approval where required.
Year 1 · Milestone
Year 1 operating targets
500+ members, 20 schools, 12 tournaments, 50 volunteers, 2 centres, 5 corporate partnerships. Low cost, high participation, measurable impact.
Ongoing · Programme
Five further learning tracks
AI, Robotics, Cyber Security, Foreign Languages and Vedic Maths sit inside the same ecosystem, ready to be expanded into full programmes.