3rd Negambo Chess Festival 2017 Chess Championship.
I always believed that to improve Chess among visually impaired Chess players is to give them an opportunity to play with regular vision Chess players in their tournaments. The message I send to Mr. Dulan Edirisingha, one of the administrators of the Facebook group www.chesslife.lk was published on the group and one of the organizers of the Negambo Chess Festival 2017 Mr. Malon Fenando gave an opportunity for visually impaired Chess players to participate in the 3rd Negambo Chess Festival 2017 Chess Championship. The event was held from the 20 th of August to 24 th of August. More than 500 players participated in this tournament. Four visually impaired Chess players including myself were invited for this tournament. But other three players couldn’t participate in the tournament due to various reasons. I didn’t want to miss this golden opportunity. I didn’t have big expectations for this tournament. I just wanted to participate and to get a good experience. I was so excit...