New Delhi: Women Fide Master Chandika Divyasree of Andhra Pradesh will start as top seed in the 39th National Women Challengers Chess Championship formerly known as National B Chess Championship for Women that gets underway in Naurang House, K G Marg, New Delhi from Saturday. 

This 10 days long event, being sponsored by the Amity Group and hosted by Naurang Foundation will see around 100 players from 25 states in action. Second seed Rucha Pujari of Maharashtra, Women International Master P Priya of Tamilnadu and veteran Women International Master Bagyashree Thipsay of Maharashtra will make the job tough for the top seed in this 11 round Swiss System Championship with a prize fund of 1.25 lakh rupees out of which Rs. 30000 is reserved for the winner. 

The top twenty players will qualify to the National Women Premier Chess Championship, which is scheduled in the month of October at Maharashtra. 

The championship will be inaugurated by Shri. Bharat Singh, Hony Secretary All India Chess Federation and Group Captain J Rajendra VSM, Chief Administrative Officer Air Force Station New Delhi on tomorrow morning.