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#puneinpixels Young minds battle it out at the under-7 chess championship at Khed Shivapur
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Participants belonging to under-7 age category in action on the first day of late Shikshanmaharshi Shivajirao Konde Memorial Maharashtra state selection under-7 chess championship played at Khed Shivapur. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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The players competing here are champions of district-level tournaments. The top two winners in boys and girls category will represent Maharashtra in the under-7 national chess tournament to be held in West Bengal on June 1-6 (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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Pune has around 4,000 registered chess players. The number is growing every day. Maharashtra conducts a number of chess tournaments in a year, making future champions (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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Sehejveersingh Maras from Nagpur reacts during Late Shikshanmaharshi Shivajirao Konde Memorial Maharashtra State Selection Under-7 Girls and Boys Chess Championship, Khed Shivapur in Pune. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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Viraj Rane from Mumbai Suburban tensed during one of the games. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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Swadha Datir from Yavatmal during one of her matches. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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Darshan Reeshaan from Thane estatic (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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A mother consoles her son, after he loses a game during the Late Shikshanmaharshi Shivajirao Konde Memorial Maharashtra State Selection Under-7 Girls and Boys Chess Championship, Khed Shivapur (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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