Wanna battle with Gukesh, Visakh, Laxman and others in ChessBase Online Blitz Tournament?
India's youngest GM Gukesh D, GM Visakh N R and GM Laxman R R along with nine IMs and a WIM will feature in this Saturday's Online Blitz tournament presented by ChessBase India. Total ₹10000 prize fund is up for grabs for the top three finishers. That's not all. This is the first of five weekend blitz tournaments which will take place every Saturday at Playchess server. For the first time we have opened it to the world, so even if you are outside of India, you can still participate and win the prizes too. The best finisher after five Saturday Blitz event will win an extra ₹10000 cash prize. Hurry up and register fast. Entry is FREE*, however an active ChessBase Premium Account subscription is mandatory for all players.
Play against the strong players from all over the world
ChessBase India presents the first of five, March Blitz tournament will take place on this Saturday 21st March 2020 at 8 p.m. IST. Due to overwhelming response, we have removed the 100 players restriction, so hurry up and register fast.
Date: Saturday, 21st March 2020
Time: 8.00 p.m. IST
Time control: 3+0
Number of rounds: 9
Total Prize fund: ₹10000
Venue: Premium Tournaments in Playchess under ChessBase India room
Entry is closed
Details of the online tournament:
Main Prize:
| Place | Prize |
| 1st | ₹5000 |
| 2nd | ₹3000 |
| 3rd | ₹2000 |
The entry fee for the event is FREE. However you need to have a ChessBase Premium Account to be eligible to participate. Please make sure that your account is valid beyond 21st March 2020, else the room and the tournament director will decline your entry. If you do not have a premium account, get one from below. You will receive a serial key and the steps to make your account premium in your email address. Make your account premium and then register through the google form given below. The last date for entry is 21st of March 2020 until 3 p.m.
You can also go for ChessBase 15, as that comes with free 3 months of ChessBase Premium Account!
People who live in regions not served by ChessBase India can get 1-month or 12-month accounts from the ChessBase Shop.
Total circuit points
For each tournament these are the points that you will receive:
| Place | Points |
| 1st | 10 |
| 2nd | 9 |
| 3rd | 8 |
| 4th | 7 |
| 5th | 6 |
| 6th | 5 |
| 7th | 4 |
| 8th | 3 |
| 9th | 2 |
| 10th | 1 |
At the end of the five events the points will be added and the one who comes out on top with the maximum cumulative points gets a special prize of Rs.10,000. So you have the possibility to win in all Rs.35,000 in all of the five tournaments combined.
Contact:
For registration queries contact:
Mr. Shahid Ahmed (Tournament director) - 9038139510
Email - teamchessbaseindia@gmail.com
• We request all players to check their internet connection before the tournament. Minimum requirement should be at least 2 mbps. No phone calls/messages will be entertained once the tournament starts from 8 p.m. IST onwards. All queries must be resolved before the tournament.
List of players:
| Sl.no. | Name | Playchess ID | Rating |
| 1 | GM Nihal Sarin | Nihalsarin | 2640 |
| 2 | GM R Praggnanandhaa | chessworld1 | 2608 |
| 3 | GM Zaven Andriasian | ZavenGrozny | 2606 |
| 4 | GM Abhimanyu Puranik | pabh | 2584 |
| 5 | GM Gukesh D | Gk06 | 2563 |
| 6 | GM Erigaisi Arjun | Indian-Lion | 2559 |
| 7 | GM Elshan Moradiabadi | GM Abadi | 2555 |
| 8 | GM Raunak Sadhwani | devil1234 | 2545 |
| 9 | GM Diptayan Ghosh | Diptayan | 2541 |
| 10 | GM Visakh N R | Visakh | 2516 |
| 11 | IM Krishna C R G | crg | 2478 |
| 12 | IM Arjun Kalyan | Arjunkalyan | 2477 |
| 13 | IM Ravi Teja S | Ravi Teja S | 2469 |
| 14 | IM Mitrabha Guha | babysnake | 2445 |
| 15 | IM V S Rathanvel | vsr64 | 2445 |
| 16 | IM Aditya Mittal | vinniethepooh | 2438 |
| 17 | IM Aronyak Ghosh | STRANGE | 2436 |
| 18 | IM Nubairshah Shaikh | CREATOR 1198 | 2423 |
| 19 | IM Mehar Chinna Reddy C H | Mehar | 2422 |
| 20 | IM Himal Gusain | rajdhani express | 2414 |
| 21 | FM L R Srihari | lsr | 2414 |
| 22 | IM Neelash Saha | gamechanger | 2413 |
| 23 | Sammed Shete | champion111 | 2412 |
| 24 | GM Laxman Rajaram | LAXMAN | 2411 |
| 25 | IM Kushager Krishnater | kushu_attack | 2410 |
| 26 | IM Muthaiah Al | gamechanger64 | 2400 |
| 27 | WGM R Vaishali | rvaishali2001 | 2393 |
| 28 | IM Raahil Mullick | Raahi07 | 2386 |
| 29 | IM N Krishna Teja | N_Krishna teja | 2378 |
| 30 | CM Shahil Dey | ShahilDey | 2376 |
| 31 | FM Vatsal Singhania | qscrgn | 2370 |
| 32 | IM Anuj Shrivatri | Anuj Shrivatri | 2350 |
| 33 | FM Nikhil Dixit | nikhildixit98 | 2321 |
| 34 | FM Siddharth Jagadeesh | Siddharthjagadeesh | 2312 |
| 35 | Saurabh Anand | Saurabh19 | 2304 |
| 36 | Kaustuv Kundu | Kaustuv Kundu | 2301 |
| 37 | IM D K Sharma | kakdela | 2289 |
| 38 | FM Aaryan Varshney | Aaryan Varshney | 2277 |
| 39 | WIM Isha Sharma | MissPhoenix | 2276 |
| 40 | FM Dushyant Sharma | Dushu2930 | 2270 |
| 41 | Vedant Panesar | Brainboy123 | 2266 |
| 42 | WIM Priyanka Nutakki | Priyanka Nutakki | 2263 |
| 43 | Mithil Ajgaonkar | Mithil | 2263 |
| 44 | WFM Savitha Shri B | Savithashri | 2261 |
| 45 | Tanmay Chopra | tanmay1234 | 2260 |
| 46 | Abhishek Das | kabababu | 2258 |
| 47 | FM Suyog Wagh | suyu28 | 2245 |
| 48 | FM Gahan MG | karnatakangahan | 2229 |
| 49 | Rajarishi Karthi | cool64chess | 2207 |
| 50 | Prasannaa S | IndigoChess | 2200 |
| 51 | Aradhya Garg | Aradhya | 2198 |
| 52 | Michael Joseph Pagaran | mykelpagz | 2192 |
| 53 | Rohit S | rohit2007 | 2189 |
| 54 | WGM S Meenakshi | meenu24 | 2171 |
| 55 | IM Praveen Kumar | Srinivasan | 2158 |
| 56 | Ramu Kandi | Agasthya | 2117 |
| 57 | Adarsh Tripathi | ADARSHK-123 | 2115 |
| 58 | Anustoop Biswas | Stark11 | 2126 |
| 59 | FM C J Arvind | Junosource | 2123 |
| 60 | Sarvesh Kumar.A | Chessencounter | 2115 |
| 61 | Sanket Chakravarty | SymbolX | 2106 |
| 62 | Samrug Narayanan | pigson7th | 2100 |
| 63 | Shreyas Royal | Sr09 | 2096 |
| 64 | Namitbir Singh Walia | NAMITBIR | 2093 |
| 65 | Saptorshi Gupta | saptorshi | 2092 |
| 66 | Manish Parmar | DCA | 2084 |
| 67 | Garv Gaur | garvgaur1008 | 2083 |
| 68 | Uttam Sharma R | uttamchess | 2077 |
| 69 | Aaditya Dhingra | Aaditya13 | 2038 |
| 70 | Sandeep Sethuraman | bouncyegg | 2037 |
| 71 | Naveen Jain | kobemagic | 2032 |
| 72 | Muralikrishna Gangaraju | Muralikrishna | 2026 |
| 73 | K N Gopal | 2022 | |
| 74 | Aarav Dengla | Hitchthestars | 2010 |
| 75 | Sharan Rao | THE_COOL_GUY | 1992 |
| 76 | Atri Chattopadhyay | Atri Chattopadhyay | 1989 |
| 77 | Ilamparthi A R | ilamparthi | 1989 |
| 78 | Ruttumbara Bidhar | unicorn5 | 1952 |
| 79 | Nilsu Pattnayak | BITUNILSU | 1948 |
| 80 | Arka Sengupta | Arkasg007 | 1937 |
| 81 | Ojasva Singh | Ojasva01 | 1933 |
| 82 | Sanchit Anand | devil_sanchit | 1933 |
| 83 | Kannan Sa | NextWC | 1927 |
| 84 | Aditya Samant | adityass | 1916 |
| 85 | Kotepalli Sai Nirupama | Saraswathii | 1914 |
| 86 | Harshit Pawar | Harshit99 | 1909 |
| 87 | Ishaan Bansal | ishu98 | 1905 |
| 88 | Anirudh Daga | Aniedg | 1878 |
| 89 | Sher Singh | sher2012 | 1876 |
| 90 | Joel Paul | Joelpaul | 1864 |
| 91 | Vaibhav Kalpaka | VRK | 1859 |
| 92 | Akhilesh Nagare | Nagareakhilesh | 1846 |
| 93 | Uma Maheswaran Palanisamy | msdhoni7781 | 1842 |
| 94 | Saketh Pedagandham | Me N Chess | 1841 |
| 95 | Chirag Hosdurga | garihc | 1838 |
| 96 | Aadit Bhatia | aadit1728 | 1830 |
| 97 | Sudarshan Bhat | Sudarshan_Bhat | 1813 |
| 98 | Shree Ganesh Muthu Annamalai | shreeganesh | 1803 |
| 99 | Anupam M Sreekumar | Anupam_Chess | 1798 |
| 100 | Aanjaneya Phatak | aanjaneya | 1769 |
| 101 | Pranav Sairam | Sairam Ramabadra | 1762 |
| 102 | Akash Tiwari | Radeonxd | 1718 |
| 103 | Satvik Kapoor | SATVIK_YGM | 1717 |
| 104 | Krishna Karthik Nerella | kingslayer24 | 1713 |
| 105 | Debarghya Samanta | tapa1964 | 1698 |
| 106 | Jaiveer Mahendru | Diamond06 | 1695 |
| 107 | Devam Makwana | nextmagnus | 1694 |
| 108 | Soumyajit Das | Apply11 | 1683 |
| 109 | Girish Bachikar | giriadu | 1670 |
| 110 | Arnab Kumar Mullick | arnabkumarmullick | 1655 |
| 111 | Md Bashiq Imrose | imsmd2007 | 1641 |
| 112 | Tejash Jain | unknownstar2500 | 1640 |
| 113 | Nikunj Gupta | Nikunjdelhi | 1638 |
| 114 | Ritabrata Chakraborty | RITABRATAC | 1622 |
| 115 | Ritesh Dharmatti | sorcererchess | 1618 |
| 116 | Manmay Chopra | Manmay2007 | 1610 |
| 117 | Dhruv Khosla | Castle_64 | 1584 |
| 118 | Muthu P | Muthu2205 | 1572 |
| 119 | Rahul Yadav | rahulyadav | 1570 |
| 120 | Mugesh B | mugesh | 1495 |
| 121 | Swara Lakshmi S Nair | sureknair | 1477 |
| 122 | Ashiya Begum | Drunkenknight8 | 1476 |
| 123 | Vinoth M | Vinothm64 | 1466 |
| 124 | Abhimanyu Singh | touchndmove | 1458 |
| 125 | Viresh Sharnarthi | 1445 | |
| 126 | Ujjawal Bansal | Ujjawalbansal | 1442 |
| 127 | Arunakirinathan Aruthran | aruthran2006 | 1432 |
| 128 | Hariharan Subramony | sml_hari | 1430 |
| 129 | Anshul Mehta | Anshulmehta | 1420 |
| 130 | Deepak Kumtakar | dskumtakar777 | 1417 |
| 131 | Saket Kumar | saketkumar1979 | 1407 |
| 132 | Ravish Chaudhary | RavishChaudhary 1234 | 1332 |
| 133 | Megh Shah | thezugzwanger | 1324 |
| 134 | Shivank Mitra | Shivank_Mitra | 1293 |
| 135 | Roshan Sethuraman | speedysnail | 1284 |
| 136 | Pratish Raj | rajpratish | 1259 |
| 137 | Manas Gaikwad | SRUMANCHESS | 1243 |
| 138 | Soumitra Tambe | soumitra1199 | 1239 |
| 139 | Niranjan J Warrier | niranjanjwarrier | 1234 |
| 140 | Devansh Chaudhury | dev11 | 1231 |
| 141 | Mahadev Savitha Viju | V_j | 1217 |
| 142 | Suryansh Verma | Suryakhanal | 1199 |
| 143 | Ritwik Mallavarapu | ritwik chess | 1197 |
| 144 | Rawat Dhanpal Singh | DHANP_1983 | 1193 |
| 145 | Siddharth | siddharth2003 | 1163 |
| 146 | Dharma Surendar | 1115 | |
| 147 | Kolla Bhaavan | Ekalvya | 1109 |
| 148 | Archit Saigal | architsaigal | 1093 |
| 149 | Swarali Hatvalne | Girihats | 1090 |
| 150 | Shlok Sharnarthi | 1069 | |
| 151 | Amit Mishra | amitm55 | 0 |
| 152 | Amit Rajeshirke | amitshirke | 0 |
| 153 | Dishita Dey | dishitadey21 | 0 |
| 154 | Dhrubajyoti Chowdhury | 105307147 | 0 |
| 155 | E Efanio Jens | josephinedison | 0 |
| 156 | Mahadev Rushitha Haju | Rudramma | 0 |
| 157 | Rahul Anil Bhagwat | MRAA | 0 |
| 158 | Sathvik N | 0 | |
| 159 | Sparsh Sharma | SPARSH SHARMA | 0 |
| 160 | Tahseen Mohammed | TahseenMD | 0 |
| 161 | Trilochan Chhatria | Chess master chandan | 0 |
How to play tournament?
Please ensure that you have a valid Playchess id and active ChessBase Premium Account subscription. You can create one here.
1. Download the free Windows software of Playchess
Firstly you have to download the free native Windows software from here. If you have Mac OS or Mac Computer, then you have to use some VMWare to run it as Playchess Desktop Client has native support on Windows OS only. Tournament cannot be played via mobile or tablet device.
Login or Create account
After you have installed the Client. You must login.
Enter your Playchess username and password if you have one. (Note, for all the ChessBase Account Premium members, your login credentials will work). If you do not have a Username, you must click on "Create New Player Name" and create a new account. Alternatively, you can also create it here. This is free of cost and gives you free access to Playchess for a few days.
The tournament will take place in the Premium Tournaments in the ChessBase India room. Registered players should be online and logged into Playchess at least 30 minutes before the start of the tournament to confirm your entries on 21st of March. 7.30 p.m. would be a good time.
Click on the ‘Players’ Tab and then click on ‘Join Event’. The Sysop (Tournament Director) will accept your entry.
ChessBase India has organized innumerable online events successfully. Here is some feedback about the quality of the events:
GM Vaibhav Suri, winner of 2nd ChessBase Online Blitz tournament
The tournament was conducted quite smoothly and a quite "fun Sunday" event. The participation of Adhiban & Sethuraman definitely added the spark to the event. I guess an Online Blitz Festival would be the next way to go (with different formats - Chess960, Bughouse, Bullet etc). Overall really happy with such events. Way to go!!
GM Laxman Rajaram, former National Blitz Champion
I thank the Chessbase India team once more for their strenous and tireless endeavour to popularise blitz events in India. Considering the fact that the present day time control even in classical format ( unlike the yesteryears) demands quick reflexes and blitz skills , I feel that the entire Chessbase India team is doing an exemplary and praiseworthy job. A boon for Indian chess !!!. Though my performance this time was not satisfactory ,I hope to excel and cherish more pleasant memories from my side in the forthcoming editions of Chessbase India blitz events.
IM Ravi Teja S, former National Challengers Champion
We (Ravi Teja&Anusha NLV) thoroughly enjoyed the tournament.it was exciting!
Tushar Bohra, father of Kanishk Bohra
Thanks for enrolling Kanishk for the event. He had a great time playing the games. And a great overall experience.
D Gukesh, youngest GM of India
I am extremely happy to have participated in my first online blitz tmt conducted by ChessBase India and loved the experience and thrill. from the start to the finish its professionally conducted and got the rare opportunity to play several high-class players in a single event and looking forward for its next event
Priti Mahendru, mother of Jaiveer Mahendru
This was our second chessbase online blitz event. My son is 8 years and it was an absolute thrill for him to be playing against titled players ! Thanks a lot for organizing this. We look forward to more such events !
Kushagra Mohan
I was happy the way the tournament was conducted. No problems at all. You just keep increasing the prize money and that is a big improvement.Cannot hope for more.
