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The final leg of the ChessBase india Saturday Online blitz will take place on the 18th of April 2020 at 8 p.m. IST on Playchess. The entry is absolutely free if you have a ChessBase Premium Account.
General information about the event| Date: | Saturday 18th April 2020 |
| Time: | 8.00 p.m. IST (your time) |
| Time control: | 3 mins per game (no increment) |
| Rounds: | 9 |
| Prize Fund: | Rs. 10,000 |
| Venue: | Playchess, ChessBase India room, Premium Tournaments |
The entry is free. You only need to be a ChessBase Account Premium member and have a valid Playchess id. If you aren't a member already, this might be a good time to become a member.
You can create an account here. The first 90 days trial for starters is free, after that you can become a permanent Starter (€3.49/month, €34.90/year), or a Premium Member (€4.99/month, €49.90/year). Here is what you get for each membership plan.
All you need to do is install the Free Playchess software and fill in the entry form here. You need to be present at the Premium Tournaments sub-room inside ChessBase India room for the event.
Also with the Premium Account you get full access to Playchess, eight million games online, tactical training, private master classes, practise against an amateur-strength engine (where you can actually win games), learn openings, maintain your repertoire, store your games in the cloud, videos, and much more. Full details of all the services offered are given at the bottom of this page.
It is definitely worth a try!
The following is a list of top players who had registered on Saturday morning (237 in total). More are bound to appear when the tournament begins. The previous ChessBase India Saturday Online Blitz event had 27 GMs, 36 IMs, 2 WGMs and 8 WIMs from India, Argentina, England, Germany, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Peru, Russia, Singapore, USA and Uzbekistan.
| Sl.no. | Name | Playchess ID | Rating |
| 1 | GM Aravindh Chithambaram | hitter1999 | 2641 |
| 2 | GM R Praggnanandhaa | chessworld1 | 2608 |
| 3 | GM Gukesh D | Gk06 | 2563 |
| 4 | GM Arjun Erigaisi | Indian-Lion | 2559 |
| 5 | GM Elshan Moradiabadi | GM Abadi | 2555 |
| 6 | GM Raunak Sadhwani | devil1234 | 2545 |
| 7 | GM Diptayan Ghosh | Diptayan | 2541 |
| 8 | GM Jakhongir Vakhidov | Uzbektiger95 | 2533 |
| 9 | GM Andres Carlos Obregon | Andres Obregon | 2525 |
| 10 | GM Shardul Gagare | IndianKing97 | 2514 |
| 11 | GM Harsha Bharathakoti | RACEKING | 2509 |
| 12 | GM Iniyan P | Superind2002 | 2506 |
| 13 | IM Arjun Kalyan | Arjunkalyan | 2477 |
| 14 | IM Arghyadip Das | Arghyadip | 2453 |
| 15 | IM Leon Mendonca Luke | boobyfisher | 2452 |
| 16 | IM Mitrabha Guha | Miloni006 | 2445 |
| 17 | IM Rathanvel V S | vsr64 | 2445 |
| 18 | IM Aditya Mittal | vinniethepooh | 2438 |
| 19 | IM Pranesh M | pranimastermuni | 2437 |
| 20 | IM Aronyak Ghosh | STRANGE | 2436 |
For each tournament played there were points which were added. The current circuit standings look like this:
| Sl.no. | Name | Playchess ID | Points |
| 1 | GM Diptayan Ghosh | Diptayan | 28 |
| 2 | GM Arjun Erigaisi | Indian-Lion | 20 |
| 3 | GM Raunak Sadhwani | Devil1234 | 19 |
| 4 | IM Aronyak Ghosh | STRANGE | 18 |
| 5 | GM Praggnanandhaa R | chessworld1 | 16 |
| 6 | GM Visakh N R | Visakh | 14 |
| 7 | Pranav V | pranav_vip | 11 |
| 8 | GM Aravindh Chithambaram | hitter1999 | 11 |
| 9 | GM Gukesh D | Gk06 | 10 |
| 10 | GM Zaven Andriasian | zavenGrozny | 7 |
| 10 | GM Elshan Moradiabadi | GM Abadi | 7 |
| 10 | GM Abhimanyu Puranik | pabh | 7 |
Full information on the 4th Saturday Online Blitz is available here
