Skillcraft and ECA invite you to 1st Skillcraft International Open 2024 offering ₹1400000 prize fund
Skillcraft and Eminent Chess Academy is organizing 1st Pro Skillcraft International Rating Open 2024. The tournament will take place from 16th to 20th November. The inaugural edition of this event is offering a first prize of ₹125000 and a total prize fund of ₹1400000. Total 167 prizes including 80 age group prizes are up for grabs. Entry is FREE for GM, IM, WGM and WIM. For others, it is ₹5500. Entry fee is ₹2500 for differently abled players. Over 300 players have already registered. Last date of registration: 14th November. Late fee will be charged from 11th to 14th November. So, hurry up and register yourself if you haven't yet. Check out the article for more details. Photo: Tournament circular
This November, play a Rating Open in Delhi
IM Anuj Shrivatri won the inaugural rapid rating open tournament held in July this year. Over 800 players took part in that tournament. This time, Skillcraft and Eminent Chess Academy are organizing a Classical International Rating Open tournament. All age group prize winners will be given a medal each.
Schedule
The tournament will take place from 16th to 20th November 2024. There are double rounds each day from 16th to 19th. Last day on 20th, there will be one round. For more details, please check the image below. Register here.
Entry fee
Entry is FREE for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. For everyone else, entry fee is ₹5500. For differently abled, entry fee is ₹2500. Last date to register - 14th November 2024. Late fee of ₹500 will be charged from 11th to 14th November. Entry fee is non-refundable.
Venue
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi - 110003
Prizes
The total prize fund is ₹1400000. The top three prizes are ₹125000, ₹100000 and ₹75000 along with a trophy each. Total 167 prizes are up for grabs. There are 40 main, 30 rating category, 13 special category, top two each in Best Academy and Best School, 80 age group in four different age group for Open and Girls section prizes. For more details, please check the images below.
Rules and Regulations
Total nine rounds will be played with a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment. Check out the complete rules and regulations on the image below.
Download the tournament circular from our calendar.
Players list
No. | Name | ID | FideID | FED | Rtg | sex | Typ | Club/City | |
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1 | Kishan, Kumar | 1033642021 | 25995650 | IND | 1989 | Bihar | |||
2 | Soni, Atharv | 638752021 | 25123661 | IND | 1968 | U14 | Maharashtra | ||
3 | Arnav, Agrawal | 1415322022 | 48779857 | IND | 1939 | U14 | Uttar Pradesh | ||
4 | FM | Prakash, Ram | 485272021 | 5014530 | IND | 1938 | Punjab | ||
5 | Madkar, Atharva | 156002021 | 25020994 | IND | 1928 | Maharashtra | |||
6 | Sanyam, Srivastava | 590482021 | 25981790 | IND | 1920 | U14 | Uttar Pradesh | ||
7 | Ayaan, Garg | 704532021 | 25182242 | IND | 1911 | U12 | Chandigarh | ||
8 | Pradeep, Tiwari | 1091312021 | 5045436 | IND | 1897 | Delhi | |||
9 | Akshat, Negi | 1036332021 | 25114034 | IND | 1863 | Delhi | |||
10 | Choudhary, Jitendra Kumar | 1181372022 | 5003024 | IND | 1839 | S55 | Delhi | ||
11 | Advik, Singh Chauhan | 875812021 | 33394091 | IND | 1837 | U12 | Haryana | ||
12 | Swastik, Suvam Patnaik | 521282021 | 25925946 | IND | 1829 | U12 | Odisha | ||
13 | Alka, Das | 250912021 | 5019478 | IND | 1810 | w | Jharkhand | ||
14 | Shaurya, Chaudhary | 1649632022 | 88123570 | IND | 1810 | U12 | Delhi | ||
15 | Merryston, David Scanny | 74732021 | 5010268 | IND | 1782 | Tamil Nadu | |||
16 | Amartya, Saumitra Gupta | 2491352024 | 25977890 | IND | 1781 | U14 | Delhi | ||
17 | Archita, Agrawal | 1672392022 | 48784567 | IND | 1771 | w | F14 | Uttar Pradesh | |
18 | AFM | Navaneet, Sreekanth | 896242021 | 33396868 | IND | 1765 | U12 | Kerala | |
19 | Sameer, Choudhary | 1931082023 | 88155331 | IND | 1764 | Delhi | |||
20 | Hardik, Shah | 1048612021 | 33490643 | IND | 1761 | Rajasthan |