Winners of Zubair Chess Championship for employees' children honoured

Muscat: The Zubair Corporation (Z-Corp), in cooperation with the Omani Chess Committee,(OCC) organised anonline chess tournament for childrenof employees of its group companies.

Tvisha Prashanth Kajekar (OOISS), Elyas Adnan Al Kalbani (Ara Petroleum), Damodar Krishna Das (Zubair Electric) and PramathKajekar (OOISS) and Adidev (GAC) were the winners of the under-16 tournament.

Grant Porter, Group Chief Financial Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer, The Zubair Corporation (Z-Corp) honoured the five winners of the online chess tournament. The prize giving ceremony was held at the Z-Corp and was attended by top executives of Oman Chess Committee and Z-Corp.

The players had to register on the website (https://lichess.org) to participate in the tournament. Players were given five minutes with an additional two seconds after each move.The tournament was held to promote the game of chessamong children.

Grant Porter,Group Chief Financial Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer, The Zubair CorporationZ-Corp, “We witnessed an excellent quality of play from children who participated in the tournament. We would like to thank Oman Chess Committee for helping in organising the competition in a professional manner. We are happy that the participation from employees’ children belonging to different companies of the group. Studies have found that children who play chess considerably improve their visual memory, attention span, and reasoning ability - all important factors for success.”

Ahmed bin Darwish Al Balushi, Chairman of the Oman Chess Committee said, “We would like to congratulate the winners and laud them on level of performance. We are extremely happy with the response to the tournament that was held online. Chess helps with good thinking skills, improve concentration, memory, and calculation. Our partnership with Z-Corp has had a great impact in increasing the popularity of chess among adults and young people. Support from a reputed private organisation like Z-Corp for OCC has played a big role in promoting chess in Oman. We are truly grateful to them for their full-hearted support. The committee wants to increase the number of people of all ages participating in chess events at all levels in Oman and to develop chess by organising tournaments.”

The Zubair Corporation LLC (Z-Corp) recently renewed its sponsorship agreement with Oman Chess Committee (OCC) within the framework of enhancing public and private sector partnership.As part of the agreement, Z-Corp will support all the activities of Oman Chess Committee in the coming years. The agreement between Z-Corp and OCC was facilitated by Oman Olympic Committee as part of their plans to assist sports associations and athletes to get the support of the private sector companies.