3rd Kolkata International Grandmasters Open Chess Tournament 2018
Vemue: Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Kolkata
Date: 14th to 22nd May 2018
Time control: 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment from move 1 for the entire game.
Category 'A' details:
Tournament Schedule
Prizes and Eligibility
Entry fee structure
Tournament Rules and Accommodation facility information
Category 'B' details:
Tournament schedule
Prize details
Eligibility, Entry Fee, Tournament Rules and Accommodation details
General Information
Registration information
Entry Form
Team ChessBase India will be present at the venue to bring you detailed coverage of the event
Photos from the first edition:
Armenian GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel became champion in the first edition
He didn't have it easy as he had to overcome Tornike Sanikidze...
...GM Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia
Russian GM Ivan Popov was the second seed
Another Armenian GM Levon Babujian also participated in the tournament
GM Tigran S. Petrosyan of Armenia and GM Merab Gagunashvili of Georgia were also in the scene
Photos from the second edition:
Top seed GM Nigel Short getting interviewed by the media
Dmitry Kokarev was the second seed of the tournament
GM Stupak Kirill of Belarus faced GM Petr Kostenko of Kazakhstan
GM Sandipan Chanda was also seen in action against GM Vladislav Kovalev of Belarus
Country-mates GM Deep Sengupta duked it out with GM G N Gopal
Videos from the second edition:
Surya Sekhar Ganguly talks about the venue and the organization
Nigel Short finds Kolkata as a very interesting city
Soumya Swaminathan mentions why she likes playing in Kolkata
India's Blitz King, R R Laxman talks about visiting Kolkata every year
Abhijit Kunte mentions why Kolkata holds a special memory for him
Contact Details:
Email: igms.kolkata@gmail.com
Emergency Contact No: +918240000421
