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As the San Fer­nan­do TML Pri­ma­ry School tri­umphed at the An­nu­al Jum­bo Pri­ma­ry Schools Chess Tour­na­ment 2025, calls have been made for the gov­ern­ment to sup­port chess de­vel­op­ment so that more chil­dren could get in­volved in the sport.

As the school’s Chess Stars lift­ed the Gold­en Tro­phy, the pres­i­dent of the TML Pri­ma­ry School, San Fer­nan­do Chess Club, Shal­iza Ho­sein-Ma­haraj, urged the gov­ern­ment to spon­sor more stu­dents to get in­volved in Chess, say­ing it as­sists not on­ly with aca­d­e­mics but al­so with men­tal health.

She ex­plained that the game helps chil­dren man­age stress, build fo­cus and de­vel­op habits that sup­port learn­ing and emo­tion­al well­be­ing.