
Buddibal Kreeda Trust has been actively organizing online tournaments during this unprecedented pandemic situation. BKT has organized two events since April. An online Blitz on 14th April and a Fischer Random Blitz on 23rd May. They will organize another Fischer Random Open Blitz event which will have a total prize fund of ₹50000 with the first prize being ₹12000. The entire prize fund is sponsored by Buddhibal Kreeda Trust. And 50% of the entry collected will be donated to the PM Cares fund. Entry is free for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. For everyone else the entry fee is ₹350 and €5 for foreign participants. The event is open to players all over the world.
Mr. Moreshwar Bhagwat was a revered person | Photo: Maharashtra Chess League
Prakash Kunte, the man who started the Buddhibal Kreeda Trust, and his better half
Prakash has nurtured two of the finest talents of Indian chess - GM Abhijit Kunte and WIM Mrunalini Kunte. He is also the guiding force behind the Buddhibal Kreeda Trust (BKT).
Date: Saturday 18th July 2020
Time: 8.00 p.m. IST
Time control: 3 mins + 1 sec increment
Number of rounds: 9
Total Prize fund: ₹50000
Venue: Chess 960 Tournaments in Playchess under Thematic Chess room
1st | Rs 12000 |
2nd |
Rs 8000 |
3rd | Rs 5000 |
4th | Rs 3000 |
5th | Rs 2000 |
6th | Rs 1500 |
7th | Rs 1000 |
8th | Rs 1000 |
9th | Rs 800 |
10th | Rs 700 |
11th - 20th Rs 600
Best Women, Rating Category 1601-1800, 1401-1600, 1201-1400, 1000-1200 and Best Unrated - Top 3 will get Rs 600, Rs 500 and Rs 400.
FIDE Standard Rating as on 1st July 2020 will be considered for Rating Category prizes, a player without a standard rating will be considered as an unrated player. One will be eligible for one higher prize only.
The entry fee for the event is ₹350 for Indians. The tournament is FREE for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. The last date for entry is 17th of July 2020 8 p.m. IST. Registration is Open.
Foreign players can pay €5 via Paypal here as their entry fee.
Titled players must write to us at teamchessbaseindia@gmail.com with their playchess id to confirm their entry.
Sl.no. | Name | Playchess ID | Rating | Gender |
1 | GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov | keramin | 2627 | M |
2 | GM Mikhail Kobalia | Mikhail kobalia | 2614 | M |
3 | GM Abhimanyu Puranik | pabh | 2584 | M |
4 | GM D Gukesh | gk06 | 2563 | M |
5 | GM Jakhongir Vakhidov | Uzbektiger95 | 2533 | M |
6 | GM Deep Sengupta | Deep Sengupta | 2527 | M |
7 | GM Visakh N R | Visakh | 2516 | M |
8 | GM Harsha Bharathakoti | RACEKING | 2509 | M |
9 | GM Dusan Popovic | DusanPopovic | 2500 | M |
10 | IM Harshit Raja | Johncking | 2472 | M |
11 | IM Volodar Murzin | Murzin | 2465 | M |
12 | IM Arghyadip Das | Arghyadip | 2453 | M |
13 | IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh | CREATOR 1198 | 2445 | M |
14 | IM Rathanvel V S | vsr64 | 2445 | M |
15 | IM Aronyak Ghosh | STRANGE | 2436 | M |
16 | IM Himal Gusain | Rajdhani express | 2414 | M |
17 | GM Laxman R R | LAXMAN | 2411 | M |
18 | IM Viani A Dcunha | Viani A Dcunha | 2397 | M |
19 | IM S Nitin | snitin | 2381 | M |
20 | CM Shahil Dey | Shahildey | 2376 | M |
21 | IM Sidhant Mohapatra | Sidhant | 2367 | M |
22 | IM Aleksei Kireev | MaestroASK | 2351 | M |
23 | FM Ajay Karthikeyan | skkeyan | 2315 | M |
24 | Raahul VS | raahul vs | 2259 | M |
25 | IM Suvrajit Saha | Suvrajit Saha | 2198 | M |
26 | WIM Michelle Catherina | Zanta | 2176 | F |
27 | FM Ram Aravind L N | lnram | 2127 | M |
28 | Rajesh Vasanthakumar | RVK | 1736 | M |
29 | Jaiveer Mahendru | Diamond06 | 1695 | M |
30 | Nanal Arnav | Tactic_Master | 1631 | M |
31 | Rakesh Kulkarni | rakeshkul | 1409 | M |
32 | Padmaesh M K | Mangakadu | 1293 | M |
33 | Adharsh | ADHARSH_R | 1179 | M |
34 | Vasanthakumar N | NVK | 1138 | M |
35 | Anjan Ganguli | g_anjan11 | 0 | M |
36 | Archit Nikhil Deshpande | Archit_Deshpande | 0 | M |
37 | Deeptesh Kumar Sahu | Dr_Deep_Chesh | 0 | M |
38 | Ishwar Lal Patel | Ishwar Lal Patel | 0 | M |
39 | Mayur Gondhalekar | gonda | 0 | M |
40 | Pranav | pranav104 | 0 | M |
41 | Prasanth K Prabha | prasanthkp1 | 0 | M |
42 | P Benny Joseph | bennyjoseph | 0 | M |
43 | Rahul Anil Bhagwat | MRAA | 0 | M |
44 | Satyajit | the_satya | 0 | M |