Rs. 20,000 Blitz tournament at ChessBase India Chess Club Indore!
One of the ideas of ChessBase India always was to spread chess and create chess-loving communities in various cities across India. One of the biggest proponents to that is our vibrant chess club at Indore! The ChessBase India Chess Club Indore hosts chess sessions every Saturday evening, where chess fans and serious players alike gather together to have a great time. This time around, we have something big - on 30th September, we will have the Khelo Chess India Blitz Chess tournament with a prize fund of Rs. 20,000! Read the full article and you will get to know about the tournament, how to register, and all relevant details.
7-round Blitz tournament full of strong players on 30th September 5-7 PM IST!
The main mission of "Khelo Chess India" project is to spread chess everywhere across India. This mission is in full swing across Madhya Pradesh! Keeping these goals in mind, we have decided to hold the 2nd Khelo Chess India Indore Blitz Tournament 2023 at our vibrant Indore Chess Club - located inside the Phoenix Citadel Mall, Indore!
The 2nd Khelo Chess India Indore Blitz tournament will take place at the Phoenix Citadel Mall, Indore - which also hosts the ChessBase India Chess Club every Saturday. On 30th September, From 5-7 PM IST, a blitz tournament will take place at the 1st Floor, in front of Geetanjali Salon! We are only accepting 100 players - so hurry up and REGISTER NOW!
This will be a Blitz chess tournament with a time control of 3 minutes + 2 second increment from move 1. A total of 7 rounds will be played in this swiss event - the total prize fund is Rs. 20,000! The event has already attracted a lot of strong players! Let's take a look at the top 3 seeds:
These are the top 20 players who have registered for the event so far. A total of 45 chess players have already registered - so hurry up and book your spot NOW!
No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | sex | Typ | |
1 | WIM | Franco Valencia, Angela | 4403070 | COL | 2066 | w | |
2 | Ajay, Virwani | 5001188 | IND | 1966 | |||
3 | Awadh, Chaitanya | 25086391 | IND | 1903 | |||
4 | AFM | Choubey, Saurabh | 46666362 | IND | 1835 | ||
5 | Tiwari, Shivansh | 25615831 | IND | 1798 | |||
6 | Prakash, Yadav | 5071291 | IND | 1727 | |||
7 | Bajaj, Prakhar | 25628291 | IND | 1693 | U18 | ||
8 | Devansh, Singh | 25621092 | IND | 1682 | |||
9 | Dadwani, Sahil | 46666397 | IND | 1645 | U18 | ||
10 | Dewang, Kalpesh | 45013101 | IND | 1580 | |||
11 | Soni, Sangharsh | 46607790 | IND | 1579 | |||
12 | Mayank, Soni | 25004212 | IND | 1543 | |||
13 | Mishra, Kamad | 46616705 | IND | 1541 | U18 | ||
14 | Vaibhav, Nema | 25103369 | IND | 1540 | U16 | ||
15 | Cera, Dagariya | 45033528 | IND | 1456 | w | U16 | |
16 | Dhuliya, Shubham | 25705520 | IND | 1412 | |||
17 | Shrishti, Bhagwani | 33433836 | IND | 1395 | w | ||
18 | Saurabh, Jain | 46678514 | IND | 1363 | |||
19 | Ashutosh, Purohit | 33345392 | IND | 1320 | |||
20 | Tawar, Abhirajsingh | 25706217 | IND | 1312 | U20 |
Tournament details in chess-results
Schedule and Prize structure
The players are required to report at the tournament venue by 4:45 PM IST. There will be a total of 7 rounds played, followed by the prize distribution ceremony. The first round will be begin at 5 PM Sharp - so be present before time so that the tournament can start smoothly!
There are a total of 21 Cash prizes ,Winners Trophy and 18 medals! The champion will receive a cash prize of Rs. 3500 with a gorgeous trophy. The top 3 players in Under-8, Under-10 and Under-12 age categories will receive medals. Top 3 female players and top 3 veteran players will also receive prizes! Check out the image below for the complete breakdown of the Prize structure.
How to register for the tournament?
We have kept a small entry fee of Rs. 250 for this tournament. The registration process is completely online - just go fill out this entry google form:
We have provided the UPI scanner for the tournament entry fee payment below. The last date till which we will accept tournament entries is set on 29th September, till 10.30 PM IST. Round 1 Pairings will be done at 11 am on 30th September 2023. No spot entries will be accepted, so hurry up and register now!!
Tournament guidelines
Check out all the tournament rules in this image regarding protest, tiebreaks and appeals committee. In case you have any queries, you can reach out to Prateek Chandwani (7869328904) or Mukund Purohit (9407190524).
A total of 45 people have registered for this exciting event already!! As we have mentioned above, only 100 people can play - so register for this event now! Check out the complete list of registered players so far.
So what are you waiting for? Spots are limited, just a few hours to go until the tournament starts - register for the 2nd Khelo Chess India Indore Blitz Tournament at the ChessBase India Chess Club Indore right now!
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