Chess in Lakecity invites you to 8th N L Pandiyar Memorial Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 15/09/2023

The eighth edition of Rajasthan's longest running rating tournament is exactly a month away. Over 300 players including an IM have already registered for it from various parts of the country. From 15th to 19th October 2023, it will take place at Orbit Resort, Udaipur. The first edition took place back in 2009. Kartavya Anadkat won the seventh edition last year. The total prize fund is same as last year ₹1501000. Total number of prizes are 159. There are three prizes worth ₹1 lac and more. Apart from that, there are five prizes worth over ₹50000. So hurry up and register if you have not already. Photo: Tournament Circular/Chess in Lakecity

Who will win the eighth edition?

The first edition of N L Pandiyar Memorial took place back in 2009. Check out the tournament history here.

Kartavya Anadkat won the 8th edition last year | Photo: Chess in Lakecity

Who will win the 8th edition? | Source: Tournament Circular

Schedule

Every day there is double round from 15th to 18th October 2023. Only the last round on 19th October 2023 is a single round.

Prizes

The tournament has a total prize fund of ₹1501000. The total number of prizes are 159. There are three prizes worth ₹1 lac and more. Apart from that, there are five more prizes worth ₹50000 or more. Two different rating categories have a combined total of 35 prizes which is besides the 35 main prizes. That's not all, there are five prizes each for Veteran (Above 50 and 60), and Unrated players. Best Female, Best Rajasthan and Best Lakecity categories have two prizes each. Five age group categories, starting from Under-5 to Under-13 have ten prizes for top ten in each category.

Entry and Eligibility

The tournament is open to all AICF registered players of the country. Check the table below for entry fee details:

How to Register

Players can only register by filling up the form here. For more details, please visit our calendar.

Players list

No.		Name	ID	FideID	FED	Rtg	sex	Bdld	Typ	Gr	Club/City
1		Tiwari, Arjun	9062021	5011337	IND	2034					RSPB
2	FM	Singh, Arvinder Preet	5472021	5013240	IND	2032					Punjab
3		Srivastava, Y.P.	761132021	5001641	IND	1963			S60		Bihar
4		Prakash, Ram	485272021	5014530	IND	1949					Punjab
5	IM	Ramnathan, Balasubramaniam	77152021	5001277	IND	1918			S50		Tamilnadu
6		Kartik, Kumar Singh	958092021	46676465	IND	1901					Maharashtra
7		Mummana, Venkata Ruthvik	384552021	25697307	IND	1879					Andhra Pradesh
8		Gokulakrishna, S	566502021	25935500	IND	1857					Tamil Nadu
9	WFM	Potluri, Supreetha	534082021	25053094	IND	1831	w				Andhra Pradesh
10		Raj, D Vyas	185342021	35078968	IND	1828					Gujarat
11		Sridhar, C S	44352021	5000769	IND	1825			S60		Tamilnadu
12		Dinesh, Kumar Jaganathan	134472021	46683526	IND	1788					Tamilnadu
13		Kishan, Kumar	1033642021	25995650	IND	1766					Bihar
14		Yatin, Kumar	100432021	46605568	IND	1764					Delhi
15		Dave, Sneh	0	25099779	IND	1730					AICF DUE
16		Dutta, Samaritan	360532021	25677020	IND	1724					Assam
17		Intkhab, Alam	59962021	5034140	IND	1666					Punjab
18		Vikash, Nishad	138562021	25063170	IND	1623					Uttar Pradesh
19		Samarateja, K	27462021	35010166	IND	1616					Telangana
20		Dave, Kantilal	5182021	5000521	IND	1597			S60		Rajasthan

Details

Links

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