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A visit to Mount Rosary  Parish by differently abled players :

On the 26th of March at around 5.15 pm  about 20 members of international blind chess tournament players visited  our church.  They were received by  Mount Rosary Stree Sanghatan Members together.   Mrs Hilda Cornelio, President of Stree Sanghatan welcomed the guests.  

Mr Charudatt Jadav  is  blind Vice President of International Chess Association, addressed the gathering.  He explained the method how they are playing the Chess.   He appreciated all the participants  for their individual capacity  in playing this game.

Dr Shridhar, Sports Director and Mr Raghavendra Prabhu, Sports Advisor were among them.  Our Parish Priest Rev. Father Philip Neri  Aranha  was present.

Mr Raghavendra Prabhu gave the introduction of playing the Chess.  It was for the second time such a  Chess tournament was held in India.  The International Chess Tournament for differently  abled being hosted by Manipal University, Manipal.  Players from Netherlands, Philiphines, Assam, West Bengal and Karnataka visited were in the team. . Our Priest gave  the message to the participants and also wished them well.  He appreciated Dr Charudutt Jadav who though  blind, had  developed software for the blind people to play the Chess game.  Soft drink and snacks were served to the guests .  Around  15- 20 members from Stree Sanghantan participated in the get together.     Mrs Laveena Menezes compered the programme.

A visit to International Chess Tournament

In continuation of the above programme, 29th of March around 10 members  of Stree Sanghatan along with Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Philip Neri Aranha and Asst. Parish Priest, Fr Anil Fernandes visited Dr T M A Pai Hall to see their game.  We wondered to see their system of play without vision.  All were surprised to see the active performance of the participants.  

Thus all have enjoyed their visit after seeing the Blind Chess game.