THE first edition of VNIT International FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament will be held at Auditorium Hall, VNIT, South Ambazari Road, Nagpur on May 12. The one day FIDE Rapid Rating event is organised by Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur jointly with Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation and Chess Association Nagpur. The tournament is recognised by Maharashtra Chess Association, All India Chess Federation and FIDE. The tournament is sponsored by Vishwaraj Infrastructures Limited. VNIT Nagpur is the prestigious Engineering College of the Nagpur City and Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation has vast experience of organising various level Chess Tournaments.

 

Total prize fund of Rs 2.25 lakh is at stake in the event with top prize of Rs 45000 to the winner. Apart from cash prizes to top 15 finishers, prizes shall also be awarded to Best Veteran, Best Unrated, Best among Rating Categories, Best VNIT Player, Best Female players and specially-abled player. Trophies shall be distributed to various age category players. The event provides a platform for the unrated players to get rating and rated players to improve their rating. The organisers have got tremendous response to the event with more than 450 players registering for the event. A team of Arbiter led by FA Shiva Iyer will take care of the conduction of the event. Officials of VNIT, Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation and Chess Association Nagpur are working hard for success of the event.