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Play at the 44th Chess Olympiad venue in Curtain Raiser Rapid Chess Tournament 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/06/2022

44th Chess Olympiad is less than 50 days away. Would you like to play in the same hall where histories will be made, records will be broken, heroes will be born and legends will be seen in action? Then Olympiad Curtain Raiser Rapid Open Chess Tournament is the tournament for you. Total ₹500000 prize fund is up for grabs. Entry fee is only ₹200. Over 1100 players have already registered for the event. A maximum of 1414 number of entries will be accepted. It is a one-day non-rating Rapid Chess Tournament. Check out the article for more details about the tournament and grab this lifetime opportunity. Photo: Tournament Circular

Olympiad Curtain Raiser Rapid Open has a total prize fund of ₹500000

Total 1414 players will be able to participate and all games will be played on DGT board | Photo: Tournament Circular

Schedule

The one-day Rapid Open tournament will have nine rounds which will be played on Sunday 24th July 2022. Reporting time is 8 a.m. IST.

Venue: Four Points by Sheraton, Mahabalipuram | Photo: Tournament Circular

Prizes

Olympiad Curtain Raiser Rapid Open has a total prize fund of ₹500000. Top three prizes are: ₹35000, ₹25000 and ₹20000 respectively. Top ten prizes are there for seven rating categories and Unrated too. Two veteran categories, Women (Above 18), Govt. School Boys and Girls categories are also there. There are nine age group category prizes starting from Under-7 to Under-15. That's not all, there are 234 prizes in total up for grabs.

Lots of prizes are there in multitude of categories | Photo: Tournament Circular

Time Control

Time control is 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment.

Venue

Four Points by Sheraton, Mahabalipuram

Four Points by Sheraton, Mahabalipuram is the venue of the tournament

Where to register?

AICF website

 

For more details, please refer to the tournament circular.

Players list

No. NameIDFideIDFEDRtgsexTypGrClub/City
1
Kunal M.148120215018250IND2242Tamil Nadu
2
IMRavi Teja S.712420215017220IND2204Andhra Pradesh
3
Wajih Nassir1071820215000173IND2140S50Delhi
4
Kaustuv Kundu646220215056900IND2129West Bengal
5
Kaushik S13309720225036020IND2126Tamil Nadu
6
Anilkumar O.T.107320215017530IND2124S50Kerala
7
Ram S. Krishnan71420215010519IND2122Tamil Nadu
8
Gireman Ja216120215043794IND2118Tamil Nadu
9
FMGunasekaran K.710320215009197IND2104Tamil Nadu
10
AIMKrishna D.1273822025016444IND2092Telangana
11
Lokesh N.717120215025044IND2085Tamil Nadu
12
Joy Lazar M.A.230920215015677IND2053S50Kerala
13
Vipul Subhashi1130020215014611IND2046Bihar
14
Chauhan Bharat Singh6487920155029155IND2027S50Delhi
15
Sridhar J6947920215006457IND2012Tamil Nadu
16
Arpan Das646620215007208IND1992West Bengal
17
Balasubramanian Rajaram11421420215030269IND1967Tamil Nadu
18
Hemanth Raam453420215084580IND1961Tamil Nadu
19
Santhosh Purushothaman120837202235041096IND1913Kerala
20
Arun A.407720215011140IND1911Tamil Nadu

Complete list

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