ChessBase India Chess Club to begin in Indore from 11th of March 2023
On the same day as the ChessBase India Chess Club at Mumbai turns 1 year old, we have the 2nd Chess club opening up - this time in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The club will be completely free and open to all and will take place every Saturday. This will happen inside the premises of the Phoenix Citadel Mall, one of the most prominent malls in the city. The inauguration of the Chess Club will be done on 11th of March 2023 by the head of ChessBase India Hindi Niklesh Jain along with the first IM from Madhya Pradesh Akshat Khamparia. We also have an inaugural blitz tournament planned where there are lot of exciting vouchers and prizes to be won! Don't forget to fill the google form at the end of the article to take part in the event.
Phoenix Citadel Mall will be the venue of the ChessBase India chess club in Indore
When we started the first ChessBase India Chess Club at the Phoenix Marketcity in Mumbai, the natural question on the minds of our online viewers was, when would the next club start? Well, it took us an entire year, but we are happy to say that we are launching the 2nd ChessBase India Chess Club and the city chosen for it is the financial capital of Madhya Pradesh - Indore. This happens to be on the same day when the ChessBase India Chess Club turns 1 year old in Mumbai.
Speaking to ChessBase India, Akash said, "We want to invite all the chess lovers of Indore and adjoining regions to come to our mall every Saturday to enjoy the beautiful chess atmosphere. We love the sport and will leave no stone unturned in giving all the chess enthusiasts a wonderful chess ambience. Phoenix is glad to be associated with chess and ChessBase India to empower the sport in the country."
ChessBase India's Head of Sales and Operations Supriya Bhat, who has been instrumental in the chess club at Mumbai being successful for the past 1 year, also played a crucial role to work on the Indore project. This is what she has to say, "It is a great feeling to start the 2nd ChessBase India Chess club at Indore. We wanted people to play chess over the board, enjoy and get better at the game. The response has been amazing so far. We are very happy that the management at Phoenix malls have been very supportive and joining hands with us to power chess in India. I believe the chess club at Phoenix Indore is going to attract lot of chess lovers."
As a part of the inauguration festivities, we will be holding a blitz tournament which will be completely free and open to all. The no. of players who can participate are limited (80-100) so please do fill in the form below to confirm your entry. There will be chess sets, clocks, arbiters and everything perfectly setup like a professional tournament. The time control will be 3 mins + 2 seconds increment and there will be 7 rounds. All you need to do is bring with you your love for chess and fighting spirit. There will be attractive gift vouchers as prizes from Phoenix Citadel mall and there will also be ChessBase India goodies and merchandise to be won.
Fill in this form to take part in the inaugural blitz tournament
(entries are closed now, but you can be at the mall at 4 p.m. even if you have not filled the form. Niklesh will be present there and if there is vacancy he will include your name. In worst case, you can watch some of the best players of Indore in action!)
No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | |
1 | Prakash, Yadav | 5071291 | IND | 1727 | |
2 | Dishant, Jain | 5097460 | IND | 1699 | |
3 | Dhabria, Suneet | 25034170 | IND | 1674 | |
4 | Kanwal, Om Prakash | 45037469 | IND | 1664 | |
5 | Gupta, Dinesh | 5077893 | IND | 1659 | |
6 | Rudraksh, Agrawal | 25026399 | IND | 1656 | |
7 | Devansh, Singh | 25621092 | IND | 1585 | |
8 | Chandwani, Prateek | 35043013 | IND | 1543 | |
9 | Ekansh, Pandit | 25030493 | IND | 1531 | |
10 | Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma | 25985663 | IND | 1505 | |
11 | Devendra, Namdev | 33346313 | IND | 1421 | |
12 | Nikhil, Mahajan | 25773364 | IND | 1401 | |
13 | Harshit, Dawar | 25166930 | IND | 1335 | |
14 | Gaurav, Bharadwaj | 46605088 | IND | 1310 | |
15 | Panchal, Sahil | 25705822 | IND | 1289 | |
16 | Jariya, Mitansh | 45064849 | IND | 1200 | |
17 | Shankar, Murthy | 46624090 | IND | 1199 | |
18 | Kandi, Utkarsh | 35079450 | IND | 1177 | |
19 | Shaurya, Jain | 33416796 | IND | 1167 | |
20 | Avika, Panwar | 25788590 | IND | 1154 | |
21 | Tapadiya, Earth | 25114514 | IND | 1154 | |
22 | Tongia, Vihaan | 46607854 | IND | 1109 | |
23 | Mukund, Purohit | 33416583 | IND | 1090 | |
24 | Porwal, Kiyan | 25114484 | IND | 1063 | |
25 | Manvik, Tandon | 25980041 | IND | 1025 |
Please note: The inaugural day of the ChessBase India Chess Club in Indore has the timings from 4-7 p.m. From next Saturday onwards, it will be 5-7 p.m. IST.
Important links
1 year of ChessBase India Chess Club in Mumbai