Rating avg: 2531! Come, join this insanely strong blitz event!

by Sagar Shah - 01/12/2017

The rating average of top 14 players of National Premier 2017 was 2480. The rating average of the SMCA online blitz tournament to be held on 3rd December 2017 (at 10 a.m.) is 2531! The tournament is the strongest ever blitz online event that you can ever play. While Adhiban is the top seed, it is not absolutely clear whether he is the favourite. He will face an extremely tough fight from Sethuraman and Gopal. And we have the trio of super Indian talent - Aravindh Chithambaram, Karthikeyan Murali and S.L. Narayanan. And as if all of this was not enough, we mustn't forget the Playchess Guru - Lalith Babu! It's your chance to be a part of this fun. Don't miss it.

When Adhiban is playing a tournament on Indian soil you can most certainly agree that he is the favourite to win the title. However, at the 4th ChessBase India online prize money blitz event dedicated to SMCA celebrating its 21st anniversary, things are not at all clear. Sethuraman is clearly a big challenge. We have G.N. Gopal who has proved his mettle at various events to be an extremely strong blitz player. The trio of Indian talents Aravindh, Karthikeyan and S.L. Narayanan would definitely be wanting to win their first ChessBase India online event. But there is one guy that everyone should rightly fear and he is Lalith Babu! aka Anji.

Lalith scored 9.0/9 in the first blitz tournament that we organized. Then in the second one he had a disconnection when he was leading with 7.0/7. This gave a chance to others to win that event and Vaibhav Suri raced to the finish line to finish first. In the third event it was once again Lalith who beat everyone else and became the champion with one round to spare. Although he is the eighth seed at the SMCA online blitz, there are high chances that Lalith Babu would win this once again. All eyes will be on whether someone can stop him!

Anji (Lalith Babu) - National Premier Champion and the most accomplished Indian player on the Playchess server!

Apart from all of these top players we also have some blitz specialists like Swayams Mishra (Mr.bh6) and R.R. Laxman (Laxman) who are well known on the Playchess servers as extremely strong players. And not to forget FM Sai Krishna (Pennkrishna) who has always performed well at these online events. But the best part about blitz format is the unpredictability. Just about anyone of the top seeds can win the event!

When and Where?

The tournament will be held on 3rd of December, Sunday at 10 a.m on the Playchess server in the Vishy Anand Arena in the ChessBase India room. 10 rounds of 3' + 1" blitz.

Registered Players:

You will never get a chance to play such a strong event! It is highly possible that you might even meet 10 titled players in 10 rounds!

Serial No.	Name	Rating	Playchess ID
1	GM B Adhiban	2655	phoenix92
2	GM S.P. Sethuraman	2638	Piscean
3	GM G.N.Gopal	2589	ilusionist60
4	GM Aravindh Chithambaram	2586	Refresh
5	GM Murali Karthikeyan	2580	fighter64
6	GM S L Narayanan	2573	Indianwonder
7	GM Vaibhav Suri	2560	irus1997
8	GM Lalith Babu M R	2525	Anji
9	GM Abhimanyu Puranik	2521	pabh
10	GM Debashis Das	2501	debashis das
11	GM M S Thejkumar	2500	msthej
12	GM Dibyendu Barua	2448	Dibyendu Barua
13	IM Swayams Mishra	2444	Mr bh6
14	IM Nitin S	2424	snitin
15	GM Rajaram Laxman	2397	Laxman
16	IM Rakesh Kumar Jena	2394	Imrk_64
17	IM Sidhant Mohapatra	2371	Sidhant
18	IM Hemant Sharma	2348	Aru Baba
19	FM Sai Krishna G V	2370	pennkrishna
20	FM Arjun Erigaisi	2365	Indian-Lion
21	IM Ravi Teja S	2369	Ravi Teja S
22	FM Raunak Sadhwani	2339	devil1234
23	IM Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad	2334	Samudragupta
24	FM Mitrabha Guha	2315	Babysnake
25	Raja Rithvik Rajavaram	2241	chesswarrior
26	Koustav Chatterjee	2288	KoustavChatterjee1
27	Dushyant Sharma	2219	Dushu2930
28	Kushagra Mohan	2174	bindusara
29	Girish B Chandanani	2169	sanjanachandanani
30	FM Arvind C J	2166	Junosource
31	Panesar Vedant	2161	brainboy123
32	Anand Nadar	2158	Anand_Nadar
33	Sahil Tickoo	2131	TheHope
34	Priyanka Nutakki	2107	Chess Queen
35	Swayangsu Satyakam	2033	FUTGEN
36	LAKSHMAN RAO D	2022	laxmi123
37	Kushager Krishnater	2021	kushu_attack
38	RISHAB SHAH	1973	DarkKnight8750
39	Kotepalli Sai Nirupama	1949	saraswathii
40	PAVAN BNB	1915	loss2win
41	SHOURYA JAIN	1871	chesscombat2237
42	Bommini Mounika Akshaya	1829	Akhi
43	Karthikeyan Jeyaprakasam	1811	chessmotives_com
44	Rohit.S	1808	rohit_arjun
45	KARTHIK GOPAL G	1784	amma_007
46	ARAVIND BABU L	1776	chessislife6
47	Saketh Pedagandham	1762	Me N Chess
48	Vishvesh Kochrekar	1745	Vishvesh2017
49	Rajesh Gupta	1706	chessbattle
50	BHAVEN JAY SHAH	1678	Darkrai7
51	SIDDHANTH LOHIA	1675	SidTheGr8
52	ANIL SANDANSHI	1580	visit
53	Mohit Swami	1549	mohitswami1022
54	Akavaram Ashish Reddy	1496	Aashish2003
55	KUSH BHAGAT	1392	secret superstar
56	Tanmay Ajmera	1390	Tanmanyo
57	Sankaran Ponnada Krishnaswamy	1312	123456
58	Aujsya Mohta	1110	aujsyamohta
59	Nandakumar Shroff	0	nksnks2011
60	ROUNAIV RANA	0	rocketspeed19
61	Sanditya Srivastava	0	Sanditya2510
62	Shorya Mohta	0	shoryamohta

What are they fighting for?

The total prize fund is Rs.62,500

(Introducing for the first time female as well as age category prizes!)

Main Prize list:

Place	Prize
1st	15,000
2nd	10,000
3rd	8,000
4th	5,000
5th	3,500
6th	2,500
7th	2,000
8th	1,700
9th	1,500
10th	1,200

Best female player: Rs.2,500

Age category prizes:

Best under-8 (born on or after 1/1/2009) - Rs.800

Best under-10 (born on or after 1/1/2007) - Rs.800

Best under-12 (born on or after 1/1/2005) - Rs.800

Best under-14 (born on or after 1/1/2003)- Rs.800

Best under-16 (born on or after 1/1/2001) - Rs.800

Special prizes:

Place	Prize
20th	800
30th	800
40th	800
50th	800
60th	800
70th	800
80th	800

How to register?

The tournament will be played on 3rd December at 10 a.m. IST. All you have to do is register on the "Payumoney" button given below. Enter your details, pay Rs.500 and get ready for the big day!

We recommend that you be present at the Vishy Anand Arena in the ChessBase India room on Playchess server at 9.30 a.m. IST. And how do you do that? Here's a step by step tutorial: