The Lagos State Chess Association has invited 15 players to commence camping preparatory to the 2014 National Sports Festival to be hosted by Cross River State in Calabar.. The camp opened  yesterday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium and officials of the LSCA say they are embarking on early preparations to improve on the Team Lagos Chess performance at the last festival hosted by the State.

“Lagos won one gold medal and two silver at the last Festival and though it ranked below our target, it marked a huge improvement in past performances which is why we want to build on that modest success to put the state among the top three Chess playing teams at the next Festival”, remarked Coach Bayo Adebayo, Technical Director of LSCA. A training program submitted by the Technical Director was approved at the last board meeting of the association on Monday. “We have designed a program to run a monthly camp with 15 players invited for the start up this Saturday (yester-day) at the Teslim Balogun Stadium. It has been designed to keep the athletes active and competitive”, Adebayo further disclosed.