This June play a strong Rapid Rating Open in Chennai
If you are planning to play a Rapid Rating Open tournament in this month, look no far. Rotary Club of Madras Industrial City and T Nagar Chess Academy is organizing a Rapid Rating tournament on Sunday 23rd June at YMCA Royapettah in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Check out all the details below.
Schedule
The tournament will take place on Sunday 23rd June 2024. Inauguration is at 8:30 a.m. Round 1 starts at 9 a.m. For more details, please check the image below.
Venue
YMCA Royapettah (Air-Conditioned Hall) at 24, West Cottage Road, Royapettah, Chennai - 600014.
Prizes
The total prize fund is ₹600000. The top three prizes are ₹80000, ₹50000 and ₹40000 each. There are 50 main prizes, 20 rating category prizes; Top 5 in Best Women, Best Veteran and Best Unrated player categories. Best Differently Abled has three prizes. Three age group - Under-8, Under-11 and Under-14 has ten trophies each for Boys and Girls, Best Unrated has ten trophies and youngest boy and girl will get a trophy each.
Rules and Regulations
Check out the complete rules and regulations
Entry fees and details
Entry is FREE for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. For everyone else, entry fee is ₹2000. One night free accommodation for Grandmasters. Lunch will be provided for all GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs on match day. Attendance is mandatory at the prize distribution ceremony to receive the prize. Other players will have to make their own arrangements for food and stay. GM, IM, WGM and WIM can directly email the filled form to rcmicrotachess@gmail.com.
Confirmed titled players
We will bring you detailed coverage of the event as I will be present at the venue.
Download the tournament circular from our calendar.
Check out our youtube playlist containing 30 videos including games, interviews and interesting moments from the inaugural edition in 2023.
Players list
| No. | Name | FideID | RtgI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 5072786 | 2545 |
| 2 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 5021596 | 2536 |
| 3 | GM | Pranesh M | 35028600 | 2473 |
| 4 | GM | Arjun Kalyan | 35018701 | 2402 |
| 5 | IM | Srihari L R | 46617116 | 2319 |
| 6 | IM | Hari Madhavan N B | 25054309 | 2279 |
| 7 | IM | Ravi Teja S. | 5017220 | 2257 |
| 8 | IM | Harikrishnan A Ra | 5081483 | 2253 |
| 9 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | 5018226 | 2232 |
| 10 | IM | Nitin S. | 5018277 | 2220 |
| 11 | FM | Harshad S | 46616551 | 2202 |
| 12 | GM | Laxman R.R. | 5005361 | 2181 |
| 13 | IM | Konguvel Ponnuswamy | 5000548 | 2166 |
| 14 | IM | Ratnakaran K. | 5005507 | 2144 |
| 15 | Nithin Babu | 46615431 | 2142 | |
| 16 | FM | Ram Aravind L N | 25033760 | 2121 |
| 17 | FM | Kunal M. | 5018250 | 2113 |
| 18 | Arpith S Bijoy | 25677217 | 2110 | |
| 19 | FM | Md Imran | 25748580 | 2094 |
| 20 | FM | Prasannaa S | 5068878 | 2080 |
| 21 | Dinesh Rajan M | 35060600 | 2067 | |
| 22 | CM | Aakash G | 25644394 | 2040 |
| 23 | Surendran N | 5021243 | 2004 | |
| 24 | IM | Ramnathan Balasubramaniam | 5001277 | 1992 |
| 25 | Madhesh Kumar S | 25168649 | 1951 |
