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Online NPCC 2025 Invitation Message:
Subject: You're Invited to compete for the title of National Para-Chess Champion in the coming National Para-Chess Championship (NPCC) 2025 – Join Us This December!

Dear Para-Chess Community ,
We are thrilled to announce the National Para-Chess Championship (NPCC) 2025, taking place this December in Singapore — a celebration of strategy, resilience, and inclusive excellence .... specially for all Singapore citizens & PRs who are persons with disabilities (PWDs).
Whether you're a seasoned strategist or just starting out, the online NPCC 2025 is your stage to shine

NATIONAL PARA-CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025
Celebrating Strategy, Inclusion & Community for the EXTRA-ORDINARY SPECIAL PEOPLE (male or female PWDs of any age) WITH DISABILITIES .

Event Details:
Organized by the national Para-Chess TEAM SINGAPORE club (PCTS) at Chess.com. PCTS is an exclusive club of PWDs, for PWDs by PWDs.

Date: December 14th, 2025
Venue: online for easy convenient accessibility for all Para-Chess players with disabilities.
Format: Standard Chess 30 min + 30 secs
5 to 7 rounds depending on the number of competitors.
FREE ENTRY open to all players with disabilities (PWDs), ie for those with visual, physical or hearing impaired who are Singapore citizens or PRs.

The winners will be awarded as follows:
1st place : 1st place trophy plus $100 CDC vouchers
2nd place : 2nd place trophy plus $50 CDC vouchers
3rd place : 3rd place trophy plus $40 CDC vouchers
4th to 10th place: only $20 CDC vouchers each

Every participant will receive a chess book, certificate of participation, invitation to attend Singapore Chess Federation (SCF) chess training class. All the above will be issued in a prize-giving ceremony at SCF office after the online event.

RULES AND REGULATIONS:
1) Format: 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment/ move
2) 5 rounds online. If there are more competitors than expected, up to 7 rounds may be played.
3) Chess com rated for online games.
4) Held on Sunday 14th December 2025 am to 5pm
5) Top 3 winners will be declared by Chess com online tourney system.
6) The prizes only awarded to players not for organizer player (I, as the organizer, will not receive any voucher prize but it will be given to the next lower placed winner)
7) Although the online event will be checked by Chess.com for fairplay violations, it is required of players to film themselves playing in the online competition to prevent any dispute or claims of cheating in the event of winning the top 3 prizes.

8) The core players of our current national Para-Chess team members are automatically registered for this tournament. For public members who are PWDs, you are cordially welcome to register by the latest on 13th Dec 2025 by 6pm to avoid disappointments.
** Registrations will only be accepted with name, nationality, type of disability and username of player at Chess.com site, to be emailed to : jamesangeltab@ gmail.com

9) A link to join the tournament will be sent to you within two days before the start of tournament.

Details:
First Ever Inaugural Singapore online National Para-Chess Championships (ONPCC) 2025 Swiss
Standard Chess
Rating: Open
30 min + 30 secs increment - Swiss format
Dec 14, 2025. AM

As this is for a TRULY NOBLE CAUSE, kindly share and spread the word around to any PWDs you know. It will also be widely publicized to the relevant media, national sports agencies and all institutions for the disabled to attract as many eligible participants as possible, including sponsors. The main effort is to maximize visibility and seek collaboration and promotion by all relevant parties to make it a truly nation-wide effort to attract and train more PWDs to qualify for overseas international chess competitions, including the ASEAN PARAGAMES (APG) competitions in the near future. Thank you & Wishing all a very merry blessed CHRISTMAS