Checkmate Chess Academy invites you to 1st Checkmate Rating Open 2025 offering prize fund worth ₹1100000

by Shahid Ahmed - 25/06/2025

Checkmate Chess Academy invites all chess players around the world in the inaugural edition of Checkmate Rating Open 2025. It is scheduled to take place from 9th to 13th July 2025. The tournament offers the highest ever total prize fund for a non-GM Classical Rating Open tournament in West Bengal. The total prize fund is ₹1100000. The top three prizes are ₹100000, ₹70000 and ₹50000 along with a trophy and medal each. So far 136 players including two IMs have registered. Entry is FREE for GMs, IMs, WGMs, WIMs. Last date of registration is 5th July. So hurry up and register now if you have not yet as only a limited number of entries will be accepted. Photos: Tournament circular

Highest total prize fund for a non-GM Rating tournament in West Bengal

Thee tournament will have the highest prize fund for a non-GM Classical Rating Open tournament in Kolkata, West Bengal. It means GM tournaments where rating restriction is there has had higher total prize fund tournament in Kolkata. However, a completely open rating tournament in Kolkata and West Bengal, for the first time will have a prize fund of ₹1100000.

Kolkata and West Bengal's highest prize fund for a Classical Rating Open tournament

Schedule

There will be a total of nine rounds. There are double rounds every day from 9th to 12th July. Only last day, Sunday 13th July will have one round.

The tournament will take place from 9th to 13th July 2025

Prizes

The total prize fund is ₹1100000. First prize is ₹10000, second prize is ₹70000 and third prize is ₹50000 along with a trophy and medal each. There are 25 main prizes. There are 15 prizes each in Below 1600 and Rating 1600-1800. There are three prizes in Veteran (Above 55) and Women (Above 15) category. There are also age group prizes in Under-7, 9, 11 and 13 - Top ten in Boys and in Girls. The total number of prizes are - 161.

The prize structure of the tournament

Rules and Regulations

The tournament will have eleven rounds with a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1. Check out the image below for more details and contact information.

Rules and Regulations, and Contact information

Entry fees

Entry is free for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. For all other players, the entry fee is now ₹5500. Limited entries will be accepted. Check the image below to find out the details. Last date for submission of entry is 5th July 2025.

Entry fee details

Confirmed titled players

IM Kaustuv Kundu | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Utsab Chatterjee

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Venue

The tournament will take place at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in Kolkata, West Bengal.

The tournament will be held at ICCR Kolkata, West Bengal

Players list

No.		Name	ID	FideID	FED	Rtg	sex	Typ	Club/City
1	IM	Kaustuv Kundu	64622021	5056900	IND	2386			West Bengal
2	IM	Utsab Chatterjee	0	46609148	IND	2301			West Bengal
3		Krishay Jain	645472021	25129597	IND	2059		U13	West Bengal
4		Sambarta Banerjee	0	35015451	IND	2057			West Bengal
5		Chowdhury Bisnu	0	10201947	BAN	2035			Bangladesh
6	WFM	Saparya Ghosh	464952021	25771280	IND	2017	w	F15	West Bengal
7	CM	Chatterjee K.K.	1857162023	5001439	IND	2001		S55	West Bengal
8		Niladri Banerjee	660942021	25144251	IND	1990		U13	West Bengal
9		Aahil Patra	958442021	33397970	IND	1912		U13	West Bengal
10		Ranit Maity	541722021	25944738	IND	1886		U15	West Bengal
11	AFM	Hari Vardan Satheeskumar	1158052022	33440026	IND	1835		U13	Tamil Nadu
12		Arijit Ghosh	201162021	45032289	IND	1829			West Bengal
13		Sajib Das	0	10232010	BAN	1814			West Bengal
14	WCM	Rajanya Datta	203562021	45033641	IND	1811	w		West Bengal
15		Aharsi Ghosh	705302021	25182781	IND	1800		U15	West Bengal
16		Akash Tiwari	0	5056055	IND	1800			West Bengal
17	WCM	Aaradhya Das	808202021	33361436	IND	1786	w	F11	Tripura
18		Mudil Dharewa	0	25933809	IND	1760		U13	West Bengal
19		Bhargab Debnath	1157592022	33492476	IND	1754		U11	Assam
20		Subedi Sushil	0	12335142	NEP	1750			Nepal