Online chess Grand Prix to begin from June 3
| Date :01-Jun-2020 |
Sports Reporter :
DUE to the prevalent Covid-19 lockdown situation, chess players over the world have online chess events as the only option at their disposal. The Maharashtra Chess Association has come up with a unique ‘Lets Up - Blitz Grand Prix 2020’ consisting of Five Blitz (Superfast) Grand Prix Open Online Chess Events. Apart form Lets Up-The world of Entertainment, Amanora Park Town, Chitaley Dairy, h2e, Novel Financial Solutions, Jain Irrigation Systems and Narendra Firodia Unicorp are the other sponsors. There shall be five online blitz chess events in this Grand Prix 2020.
First tournament starts on June 3 will be followed by second event on June 10. Third event is on June 17, fourth on June 24 and the fifth event on July 1. There shall be twenty prizes totalling Rs 25000 for each event. Grand Prix points shall also be given in each event to the top ten finishers. On completion of all five events, the top five participants scoring top Grand Prix point on Best Grand Prix score in four events shall be awarded special prizes of Rs 10000, Rs 8000, Rs 6000, Rs 4000 and Rs 2000 respectively. Thus the total prizes at stake are worth Rs one lakh fifty five thousand.
The events shall be played in Swiss League System of play. Each player shall get only three minutes in each game (being blitz event). This superfast version makes the event more interesting as the players’ preparation as well as the speed along with accuracy of play will be very important factor. The events shall be played on online chess website www.playchess.com. The entry fee for each event is Rs 250. The entry fee for all five events shall be Rs 1000. For registration, players can log in on https://mcagrandprix.chessbase.in. Siddharth Mayur, President, MCA and Niranjan Godbole, Secretary MCA have appealed to players to avail this opportunity of online back to back chess events.