Phoenix ChessBase India Chess Club celebrates its 4th anniversary with Rs.500,000 rapid and blitz rating event

by Rasika Ratnaparkhi - 14/02/2026

On 19th March 2026, the ChessBase India Chess Club at Phoenix Marketcity Mall will complete 4 years. To celebrate this milestone, we are organising the 4th Anniversary Phoenix ChessBase India Chess Club FIDE Rapid and Blitz Tournaments 2026 on 28th February and 1st March at Dublin Square, Phoenix Marketcity Mall, Kurla, Mumbai. Both events are FIDE-rated, with a total prize fund of Rs. 3 lakh for Rapid and Rs. 2 lakh for Blitz. Read on to find all the event details and registration information.

Celebrating 4 years of ChessBase India Chess Club with a Rapid & Blitz tournament

The massive event that took place in 2025 to celebrate the 3rd anniversary

The dream of creating a dedicated Chess Club in Mumbai began with the launch of the ChessBase India Chess Club at Phoenix Marketcity Mall on 19th March 2022. After several wonderful chess tournaments, club sessions, simuls, and lectures, we will complete 4 years on 19th March 2026. To celebrate this occasion, we are announcing the 4th Anniversary Phoenix ChessBase India Chess Club FIDE Rapid and Blitz tournament 2026. This tournament will take place on 28th February and 1st March 2026!

The official poster of the tournament!

Mumbai's second Grandmaster Aditya Mittal won the ChessBase India Chess Club 1-year Special Rapid Mega Tournament in 2023!

All the details about the 4th Anniversary Phoenix ChessBase India Chess Club FIDE Rapid and Blitz Tournament 2026

Date and Time: The Rapid tournament will start on 28th February 2026, 10:30 AM onwards and continue until 1st March 2026. The Blitz tournament will begin after the completion of the Rapid event on 1st March.

Venue: 1st floor, Dublin Square, Phoenix Marketcity, Mumbai

Address: Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, Patelwadi.Kurla, Kurla West, Kurla, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400070.

Time control: Rapid - 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment & Blitz - 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment

Format: 9 rounds swiss Rapid rating tournament. AICF Registration 2025-26 is mandatory for all players. For Maharashtra players, MCA registration is mandatory.

Prize fund: Rs. 3,00,000 for Rapid and Rs. 2,00,000 for Blitz.

Prize structure

The total prize fund of the Rapid tournament is Rs. 3,00,000! The Champion of the tournament will receive Rs. 51,000. There are trophies for the top three finishers. There will be special prizes for different categories - Best unrated, Best veteran player, Best female player, Best specially abled player. Like Rapid tournament, there are rating category and age category prizes in the Blitz tournament as well.

Check out the prize structure for the Rapid tournament.

Prize fund of the Blitz tournament is Rs. 2,00,000! The Champion of the tournament will receive Rs. 31,000. There are trophies for the top three finishers! Apart from this, there are various special prizes for different categories - Best unrated, Best veteran player, Best female player, Best specially abled player. There are also rating category and age category prizes!

Check out the prize structure for the Blitz tournament.

Entry fee:

Rapid Tournament: Early bird – Rs. 1250 & Regular – Rs. 1500

Blitz Tournament: Early bird – Rs. 750 & Regular – Rs. 1000

Combined (Rapid + Blitz): Early bird – Rs. 1750 & Regular – Rs. 2250

Note: Early bird discount is till 21st February 2026. Entry is free for GMs, WGMs, IMs, WIMs.

Registration link: Go register for the tournament here.

Memorable events at the chess club

Here is a look back at some of the memorable events that have taken place at the ChessBase India Chess Club over the years:

Simul with Samay Raina in April 2022. | Video: ChessBase India

Anish Giri vs Vidit Gujrathi Deathmatch in July 2022 happened at the same venue as our 4th anniversary event is going to take place in - the Dublin Square.

In January 2023, Pravin Thipsay, Mumbai's first Grandmaster, felicitated Aditya Mittal, Mumbai's second Grandmaster. Aditya also gave a simul to 10 players.

Simul with Gukesh in March 2023. | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

QnA session with GM Surya Ganguly in June 2023. | Video: ChessBase India

QnA session with GM Vishnu Prasanna in September 2023. | Video: ChessBase India

Simul with GM Vidit Gujrathi in May 2024. | Video: ChessBase India

Simul with IM Vantika Agrawal in February 2025. | Photo: Tanmesh Mokal

Mind Champions Challenge 2025 in March 2025 for the visually impaired chess players. | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

Simul with GM Harshit Raja in May 2025. | Photo: Nehal Deshmukh

Tournament Schedule:

The reporting time for all players is 10:30 AM on both days. The Rapid tournament will begin with Round 1 at 11:30 AM on 28th February and conclude with the final round on 1st March. The Blitz tournament will start after the completion of the Rapid event on 1st March.

Check out the tournament schedule.

Check out the rules and regulations.

Participant list

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg	sex	Club/City
1	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	5061245	IND	2539		Maharashtra
2	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	35070924	IND	2316		Madhya Pradesh
3	IM	Borgaonkar, Akshay	25639110	IND	2278		Maharashtra
4	FM	Kadam, Om Manish	45076294	IND	2251		Maharashtra
5	IM	Jain, Kashish Manoj	35081098	IND	2249		Maharashtra
6	IM	Dixit, Nikhil	5059534	IND	2217		Maharashtra
7	IM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi	25033220	IND	2203		Maharashtra
8		Anadkat, Kartavya	45017905	IND	2180		Gujarat
9	ACM	Iyer, Arvind	45092613	IND	2173		Maharashtra
10		Arnav, Agrawal	48779857	IND	2130		Uttar Pradesh
11	FM	Nagarkatte, Vedant	25636227	IND	2062		Maharashtra
12		Guru, Prakash	25138316	IND	2061		Maharashtra
13		Kherdekar, Arnav	46646345	IND	2021		Maharashtra
14	FM	Patil, Priyanshu	25057057	IND	2015		Maharashtra
15	CM	Majumder, Shrayan	45040419	IND	2013		Maharashtra
16		Shah, Jeet	45012954	IND	2010		Maharashtra
17	WIM	Mrudul, Dehankar	25096990	IND	1997	w	Maharashtra
18		Gada, Om	25692755	IND	1995		Maharashtra
19		Laddad, Aadhavan Atish	48770159	IND	1995		Maharashtra
20		Chandar, Raju	25008307	IND	1991		Kerala
21		Pruthu, Deshpande	25015095	IND	1974		Karnataka
22		Mhamane, Sourabh	25778463	IND	1972		Maharashtra
23		Bhat, Sannidhi Ramakrishna	25792695	IND	1951	w	Maharashtra
24		Nirgun, Keval	35099957	IND	1937		Maharashtra
25		Om, Nagnath Lamkane	25620592	IND	1936		Maharashtra
26		Kush, Ajay Agarwal	25911309	IND	1935		Maharashtra
27		Dishank, Sachin Bajaj	25953036	IND	1924		Maharashtra
28		Shreyas, Ghadi	35062409	IND	1916		Maharashtra
29		Boricha, Yohan	46672923	IND	1910		Maharashtra
30		Chaudhari, Ashish	366108932	IND	1903

Full participant list

It's wonderful to see the participation of a 2600+ GM in this event. Abhimanyu Puranik is also the winner of the 3rd edition. So he will be looking to defend his title!

GM Mitrabha Guha is one of India's finest Rapid and Blitz players!

IM Anuj Shrivatri, rated 2368, is one of the top rated IMs of the tournament.

IM Akshay Borgaonkar, rated 2310. We saw him in action at the recently concluded Chola Chess GM Round Robin tournament.

IM Nikhil Dixit, rated 2276, Nikhil has written a couple of wonderful articles recently on ChessBase India

FM Om Kadam, with a rating of 2221

IM Aakash Dalvi, rated 2215.

IM Mithil Ajgaonkar, rated 2163

FM Vedant Nagarkatte, rated 2113

How to register for the tournament?

Only a limited number of players will be allowed to participate, so we recommend registering at the earliest. You can register using the link provided or by scanning the QR code in the image below.

Scan the QR code in the image or click on the image for registration link.

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Important links

Tournament brochure

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