Chanakya Chess Club's 1st All India Online Chess Championship

Presents

1st All India Online Chess Championship

Date: Sunday, October 7,2018

Time: 7pm IST

Format:  10 rounds of Blitz ~ 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move 

Prize fund: ₹50,000/-

Chanakya Chess Club is proud to announce it's 1st All India Open Online Chess Championship on Chess.com. This will be an Online Blitz Chess Tournament on October 7, 2018 at 7pm IST. The Total Prize fund of this event is a massive ~ ₹50,000/- 

In addition to 25 Cash Prizes, You can also win 3 Chess.com Diamond Memberships each worth more than ₹7000. The Entry fees for the players is ₹500/- The Deadline for registration is October 6, 2018 at 5pm IST. Kindly note, Only Indian players can participate in this event.

• Tournament Schedule and Format
  The tournament format is a 10-round Swiss with a time control of three minutes plus two seconds increment per move.The tournament begins at 7pm IST on Sunday, October 7 and is expected to go on for about 2.5 hours.

Indian users can experience the same format used in Chess.com's unique event ~ Titled Tuesday

• Prizes
  A whopping Prize fund of ₹50,000 divided into 25 prizes. In addition to those, there are 3 Diamond memberships for one year each worth more than ₹7000/-

• Entry Fees
  *The entry fees is ₹500 per player.
  Deadline for registration is 5pm IST on October 6, 2018. 
  **Please ensure that you have a valid Chess.com id
  You can create one or contact us and we will create an account for you.
  ***All GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs play for free.***
  
  
• Registration
  
  To Register and make the payment, Click here
  (Note: You need to sign up on www.paychessentry.com BEFORE registering to the event)
  
  
• Contact
  For registrations queries contact:
  Mr. Salil Ghate ~ +91 - 9870063785 / chanakyachessclub@gmail.com
  Mr. Abhijit Hatkar ~ +91 - 9820493099 / abhijit_h@ymail.com
  Mr. Rakesh Kulkarni ~ rakesh02kulkarni@rediffmail.com (For Titled Players)
  
  
• Tournament Rules

1. You must have a Chess.com id. 
2. Only Indian Players can participate.
3. Tournament will be conducted as a 10 round Swiss ~3 Mins + 2 seconds increment per move.
4. Organizers reserve the right to refuse an entry without giving any reason.
5. Entry Fees once paid won't be refunded.
6. The provisional standings of the tournament will be displayed immediately after the last round but the final rankings will displayed after a thorough check is completed for all the games played.
7. Once final standings are determined, players will be contacted by staff and the payments will be done by Bank transfer.
8. Every participant agrees to abide by the rules and site policies found at chess.com/legal and that you will cooperate fully with Chess.com's fair play detection team. 

9. Should your play be found suspicious to warrant playing for cash prizes, you maybe removed from the tournament while it is in progress.

10. If your account is further convicted of fair-play violations, your account will be closed and you will be subject to Chess.com's private proceedings. You can find more information on Chess.com Fair Play and Cheat Detection methods.

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Chess.com India will be the Social Media Partner for this event.

Thank you All and Good Luck! May be the Best Player Win!