5/22/2020 – After the successful online event on Playchess in April the Buddhibal Kreeda Trust (BKT) is back with another tournament. The tournament has a prize fund of ₹35000 and is a Fischer Random (Chess960) tournament. The first prize is ₹11000. With rating category prizes and prizes for women, it's a tournament you cannot afford to miss. It will take place on Saturday 23rd of May at 8 p.m. Indian Standard Time (16:30 CEST, 14:30 UTC, 09:30 EST) in Chess960 Tournaments in the "Thematic Chess" room on Playchess.com. Entry is FREE for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. For everyone else the entry fee is ₹300. Registration is on.
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Buddhibal Kreeda Trust Fischer Random Blitz on 23rd May
On the heels of the success of BKT Online Blitz on 14th April 2020, Buddhibal Kreeda Trust will be back to organize a Fischer Random Open Blitz event which will have a total prize fund of ₹35000 with the first prize of ₹11000. The entire prize fund is sponsored by Buddhibal Kreeda Trust. And 50% of the entry collected will be donated to the CM Relief fund of Maharashtra. Entry is free for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. For everyone else the entry fee is ₹300. The event is open to players all over the world.
Prakash Kunte, the man who started the Buddhibal Kreeda Trust, and his better half.
Prakash has worked tirelessly throughout his life to ensure that chess in Maharashtra and India develops. He has nurtured two of the finest talents of Indian chess - GM Abhijit Kunte and WIM Mrunalini Kunte.
Venue: Chess 960 Tournaments in Playchess under Thematic Chess room
Main Prizes (All prizes mentioned in Indian Rupees)
1 USD = Rs.75
1st
11000
2nd
6000
3rd
4000
4th
3000
5th
2000
6th
1000
7th
800
8th
700
9th
500
10th
500
11th
500
12th
500
13th
500
14th
500
15th
500
Best Below 1700
1st
600
2nd
400
Best Below 1500
1st
600
2nd
400
Best Women
1st
600
2nd
400
FIDE Standard Rating will be considered for Rating Category prizes, a player without a standard rating will be considered as an unrated player. One player will be eligible for one higher prize only.
Entry fees
The entry fee for the event is ₹300. The tournament is FREE for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. The last date for entry is 23rd of May 2020 12 p.m. IST. Registration is Open. If you are an Indian, you can register here.
International players (outside India) can submit €5 entry fee here via Paypal and email us their name, FIDE ID and Playchess ID to teamchessbaseindia@gmail.com
Titled players must write to us at teamchessbaseindia@gmail.com with their playchess id to confirm their entry.
List of confirmed players
Sr No.
Player name
Rating
Playchess ID
1
GM Sethuraman S.P
2644
Piscean
2
GM Aravindh Chithambaram
2641
hitter1999
3
GM SL Narayanan
2618
narayanansl
4
GM Mikhail kobalia
2614
Mikhail kobalia
5
GM Praggnanandhaa R
2608
chessworld1
6
GM Vaibhav Suri
2600
irus1997
7
GM Gukesh D
2563
gk06
8
GM Arjun Erigaisi
2559
Indian-Lion
9
GM Elshan Moradiabadi
2555
GMAbadi
10
GM Raunak Sadhwani
2545
devil1234
11
GM Stany GA
2522
stany g a
12
GM Shyam Sunder
2518
chillax
13
GM Visakh NR
2516
Visakh
14
GM Shardul Gagare
2514
IndianKing97
15
GM Harsha Bharathakoti
2509
RACEKING
16
IM Renato Terry
2504
TerryR
17
GM Dusan Popovic
2500
DusanPopovic
18
GM Girish Koushik
2498
gak_chess
19
GM M R Venkatesh
2493
Sivaji
20
IM Saksham Rautela
2480
Kcnock
21
IM Arjun Kalyan
2477
Arjunkalyan
22
GM Vishnu Prasanna
2476
Fidodido
23
IM Harshit Raja
2472
Johncking
24
IM Volodar Murzin
2465
Murzin
25
IM Rahul Srivasthav P
2457
rahulsrivathsav
26
IM Leon Mendonca
2452
boobyfischer
27
IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh
2445
NubairshahShaikh
28
IM Mitrabha Guha
2445
Babysnake
29
IM VS.Rathanvel
2445
vsr64
30
GM Andrey Devyatkin
2436
Adevyatkin
31
L R Srihari
2414
lsr
32
IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete
2412
champion111
33
GM Laxman R R
2411
Laxman
34
GM Himanshu Sharma
2394
himplanet
35
WGM R. Vaishali
2393
rvaishali2001
36
IM Giuseppe Leiva
2391
unico
37
IM Nitin S
2381
snitin
38
IM Krishna Teja, N
2378
N_Krishna teja
39
Shahil
2376
Shahil dey
40
IM Aleksei Kireev
2351
MaestroASK
41
IM Anuj Shrivatri
2350
Anuj Shrivatri
42
Pranav V
2348
pranav_vip
43
IM Abhishek Kelkar
2320
Livestrong_6
44
Ajay Karthikeyan
2315
skkeyan
45
IM Rathnakaran K
2314
Rathnakaran
46
IM P Saravana Krishnan
2312
mbachez90
47
Aditya Samant
2297
adityass
48
WIM Priyanka Nutakki
2263
Priyanka Nutakki
49
JUBIN JIMMY
2259
Kollam
50
WIM Mrudul Dehankar
2256
shiv01
51
Prraneeth Vuppala
2253
Smart123
52
WIM Cholleti Sahajasri
2235
lifeis2short
53
IM Nisha Mohota
2195
Nisha Mohota
54
Rohit S
2189
rohit2007
55
Amardeep S Bartakke
2177
Aditya2003
56
WIM Michelle Catherina
2176
Zanta
57
WIM Saloni Sapale
2147
Saloni1204
58
Soham Datar
2115
Sohamchess64
59
Garv Gaur
2083
garvgaur1008
60
MILIND MAITI
2068
Maitiboy
61
Laishram Imocha
2049
Athoibi
62
Alan Diviya Raj
2033
Michaelraj_98
63
Bommini Mounika Akshaya
2029
Boa Constrictor
64
Kiran Panditrao
1898
Kiran Panditrao
65
Karthikeyan Jeyaprakasam
1860
Position
66
Anand Sivasankar
1853
anandfan
67
Sahil Dhawan
1849
Greatgatsby
68
Phatak Aanjaneya
1769
aanjaneya
69
Vishvesh Kochrekar
1663
Vishveshk
70
SOLLETI SRUJAN KEERTHAN
1647
SrujanKeerthan
71
Augustiya Negi
1575
-247055
72
Anshuman Singh
1559
Anshuman19
73
VarshitaJain
1491
Chessqueen1491
74
Mitul KH
1341
MitulKH
75
Surucha Shanbhag
1324
Crazyintrovert
76
Sarvad Senthil
1226
Sarvad64Squares
77
chetan pandit
1200
chepan
78
Shanjula Senthil
1176
Shanjusai
79
Ishan Warudkar
1117
ishanw
80
Mathur Raj
1052
Raj1611
81
Wadikar Arnav
1040
Arnavwadikar
82
kaavya g s
1030
kaavyaraghavan
83
Shreyas G Kaushik
1003
Sgk
84
Mayur Gondhalekar
0
gonda
85
Archit Nikhil Deshpande
0
Archit_deshpande
86
Balasundaram K
0
alphadinosaur
87
Saurav Rath
0
Sauravr11
88
Ajay Sharma
0
Knightsabre
89
Rahul Anil Bhagwat
0
MRAA
90
Sougata Bose
0
91
Atmakuri Dimple Sriya
0
Dimpi
92
Adithya Purushothaman
0
adithya505
Chess960 rules
Chess960 (also known as Fischer Random Chess) is a variant of chess invented and advocated by former World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer. It employs the same board and pieces as standard chess; however, the starting position of the pieces on the players' home ranks is randomized. The random setup renders the prospect of obtaining an advantage through the memorization of opening lines impracticable, compelling players to rely on their talent and creativity.
There are in all 960 possibilities. This starting position was used in the game between Hikaru Nakamura and Levon Aronian in their Mainz Chess960 World Championship. This is position number 666.
All the pieces move in the same manner as chess. Two important rules while arranging pieces on the last rank is that the bishops should be on opposite coloured squares and the rooks should be on the opposite side of the king.
Castling in chess960
The only complicated rule that is to some extent different from normal chess is castling. In chess 960 the king and the rook end up in the exact same position after castling as in normal chess after castling.
The king is on f1 and the rook on g1. So in order to castle short, I do not need anything. I can just touch my king on f1 and bring it over the g1 rook and leave it. The rook will jump over to f1 and the king will settle down on g1 and it will be a short castling done.
You have already castled!
Now let's go to the initial position again:
How do we castle long?
When we castle long, the king needs to touch the rook on the queenside. Both these squares are taken up by the bishops. Hence after five moves I try to vacate these squares. The position looks something like this:
Now I drag my king and drop it on the queenside rook to do long castle
The rook on its own moves to d1 and you have successfully 0-0-0!
For those who are new/unfamiliar with Fischer Random/Chess 960, it is highly recommended to play a few Fischer Random games to get accustomed to castling in various scenarios.
Contact: teamchessbaseindia@gmail.com
How to play tournament?
Please ensure that you have a valid Playchess id. You can create one here and then buy the premium membership from the product embeds given above.
1. Download the free Windows software of Playchess
Next you have to download the free native Windows software from here. If you have Mac OS or Mac Computer, then you have to use some VMWare to run it as Playchess Desktop Client has native support on Windows OS only. The tournament cannot be played via mobile or tablet device.
Login or Create account
After you have installed the Client. You must login.
Enter your Playchess/ChessBase Account username and password. Locate Thematic Chess Room under Rooms on the bottom right of the screen.
Click on Thematic Chess to get the Chess960 Tournaments option and then select it.
The tournament will take place in the Chess960 Tournaments in the Thematic Chess room. Registered players should be online and logged into Playchess at least 45 minutes before the start of the tournament to confirm your entries on 23rd of May 2020. 7:15 p.m. IST would be a good time.
Click on the ‘Players’ Tab and then click on ‘Join Event’. If 'Join Event' button does not show and 'Unregistered' shows instead, it means you have been registered in the tournament. The Tournament Director will accept your entry. Only those who have paid the entry fee will be allowed to play.
Note: The Playchess id, while registering and playing the tournament should be the same.
Shahid AhmedShahid Ahmed is the senior coordinator and editor of ChessBase India. He enjoys covering chess tournaments and also likes to play in chess events from time to time.
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