Register for the Late RB Sapre Memorial Chess tournament with a Rs. 1,00,000 prize fund!

Late R. B. Sapre Memorial 10th rapid & Blitz Chess Tournament 2024 starts tomorrow, 3rd February with a Rs. 1,00,000 prize fund!

KGN Saraswati Foundation is organizing an Rapid and Blitz tournament in the memory of late RB Sapre, one of the stalwarts of Indian Chess whose legacy continues today. The tournament will be held from 3rd-4th February at Rani Lakshmibai Sabhagruh, Shere Naka Ratnagiri, Maharashtra! The total prize fund of the tournament is Rs. 1,00,000. The event is technically supported by Chessmen Ratnagiri, under the aegis of the Ratnagiri District Chess Association.

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About the great R.B. Sapre

Ramchandra Bhargava Sapre was born on 4th March 1915 in Akola where his father, a chess lover, was a Civil Judge. After the death of his father in 1919, 4-years old Sapre was brought up in Malgund by his maternal grandfather Balakrishna Laxman Antarkar, a Sanskrit Scholar who was also good at chess. From 1949-1956, he was the Bombay Chess Champion, and won the Maharashtra State Chess Championship 4 times! He won India's first National Chess Championship in 1955, also winning the titles in 1956 and 1976. He was the guest of the USSR Government to witness the Botvinnik -  Smyslov World Championship Match at Moscow in 1954!

System of play and regulations

The time control for the Rapid tournament will be 15 minutes + 10 second increment starting from move one. For the Blitz tournament, it will be 3 minutes + 2 second increment starting from move one. There will be 8 rounds of Rapid Chess and Blitz Chess played in the swiss system. 6 rounds of Rapid will be played in the first day (3rd February), followed by 2 Rapid rounds the next day (4th February), and 8 rounds of Blitz.

Entry fee and Prize structure

The prize fund for the Rapid tournament is Rs. 75,000, and Rs. 25,000 for the Blitz tournament - making it a Grand total of Rs. 1,00,000. The entry fee for the tournament (if you participate in both Rapid and Blitz tournaments) is Rs. 500. If you choose to participate only in the Rapid tournament, it's Rs. 400, and Rs. 200 for the Blitz tournament individually. 

How to register for the tournament?

You can register for the tournament by paying the entry fee in Razorpay - the payment link is provided below:

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There are a total of 75 players registered till now. You can check the players list so far in Chess-results below:

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