Kashvi Chess School invites you to highest ever prize fund for a Rapid Rating Open in India worth ₹26 lacs

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/11/2023

Kashvi Chess School Kundapura invites you to 1st Kashvi's Rapid Rating Open 2023. The inaugural edition of this rapid rating open is offering a total prize fund of ₹2600000. The first prize is ₹105000. There are 16 prizes which has a prize of ₹50000 or more. Total 165 prizes are up for grabs. This is the highest ever prize fund offered in a two-day rapid rating open tournament in India. It is exactly a month away from now. This is a tournament you cannot afford to miss especially if you like rapid rating open events. Entry is FREE for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. For everyone else, entry fee is ₹6500 till 20th November. After that, entry fee increases. Check out the article for all information. All tournament info photos are from tournament circular.

This December, play a Rapid Rating Open with a gargantuan prize fund

Kashvi's 1st Rapid Rating Open 2023 will take place on 9th and 10th December

Rules and Regulations

The tournament will take place at Indiana Convention Centre in Mangaluru, Karnataka on 9th and 10th December 2023. Check out the image below for tournament rules and regulations.

Tournament rules and regulations

Schedule

There will be five rounds on Saturday 9th December and four on Sunday 10th December 2023. Check out the image below for complete schedule of the tournament.

Tournament schedule

Prizes

The total prize fund is ₹2600000. The overall top three prizes are ₹105000, ₹70000 and ₹50000 along with a trophy each There are 20 main prizes. Each of the five rating categories including Unrated has ten prizes each. The top three prizes in those categories are ₹50000, ₹25000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each respectively. Each of the eight age group categories also have cash prizes along with a trophy. There top three prizes are ₹50000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each. There are also Best Dakshina Kannada, Best Udupi, Best Women (Above 18 years), Specially Abled and Best Veteran (Above 55 years) prizes - they all have cash prizes. Apart from these, there are also special prizes in various age group categories which has a chess clock and trophy as the prize.

Prize details

Event details

Check out the official and arbiter panel in the image below:

Official and Arbiter panel names

Venue

Indiana Convention Centre in Mangaluru, Karnataka is the venue.

Tournament venue

Entry fee and important info

Entry is FREE for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. For everyone else, entry fee is ₹6500 till 20th November. From 21st - 30th November, entry fee will be ₹7500. From 1st to 8th December 2023, entry fee will be ₹8500. Check out the image below for all information including a selfie contest to win ₹10000 cash:

Important info about the tournament

IM Manish Anto Cristiano F is the sole confirmed titled player till now

Players list

No.		Name	ID	FideID	FED	Rtg	sex	Typ	Gr	Club/City
1	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	22502021	25095927	IND	2174				TN
2		Nishanth, Dsouza	512722021	25917048	IND	1481
3	AIM	Sushrutha, Reddy	12702021	5039100	IND	1463			BLU160398	KA
4		Aditya, Dileepraj	1191782022	48726745	IND	1455		U12
5		Arush, A	929232021	48725170	IND	1421		U12
6		Shibin, K Benny	21732021	35040715	IND	1401			BLU170557	KA
7		Pandya, Raj	1155252022	46658785	IND	1392				MH
8		Venugopalan, Amayur Pisharam	84582021	5083214	IND	1370
9		Shashank, Savanth M	735052021	25196774	IND	1282		U14	10604KSCA2023	KA
10		Thirunaga Sundaram, S	26872021	5054320	IND	1238
11		Sinchan, G Naik	1103822021	33425671	IND	1186			10312KSCA2023
12		Sairaj, Narvenkar	589522021	25980874	IND	1145		U12
13		Deepak, Raju K	167152021	35002449	IND	1106				KL
14		Aradhya, S Shetty	761922021	33321280	IND	1084	w	U12	10208KSCA2023	KA-UDP
15		Pavani, R	572132021	25968394	IND	1035	w	U14
16		Alaap, S A	1147762021	33438323	IND	0		U08
17		Chirag, C S	1360742022	33432406	IND	0		U10
18		Prakruthi, P Shetty	759222021	33325170	IND	0	w	U14
19		Srinith, Shet	1281852022	33494525	IND	0		U08
20		Yayin, S Bhat	1348132022	48710733	IND	0		U08	13564KSCA2023