Indian titled players contribute for 'Let's rebuild Odisha' fundraiser tournament
India's latest GM Swayams Mishra, GM R Praggnanandhaa, GM Laxman R R and WGM Bhakti Kulkarni are the titled Indian players who announce his participation for this sunday's 'Let's rebuild Odisha' Online Blitz Tournament on 12th May 2019 at 8 p.m. IST. The tournament has no entry fee. All players can make a donation of any amount they want, minimum donation amount is ₹100. However it is not mandatory to participate, anyone can donate. The entire proceedings will go to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. The tournament will take place at 8 p.m. so even if you are playing some tournament or have some other work, you can still take part in it. Certain parts of the state have been badly affected and the normal life has been badly disrupted. Photo: ChessBase India archives
Swayams, Laxman and Bhakti come forward to help raise funds for 'Let's rebuild Odisha' fundraiser tournament
India's GM Swayams Mishra makes an appeal to the chess community to come forward and contribute towards this noble cause. He has contributed ₹3000 and will be participating in the tournament as well. He will also waive the fees for his upcoming camp in May to the top finisher from Odisha in this tournament.
GM Laxman R R made a donation of ₹4000 and Pune's young talent Aditya Samant's father Sachin Samant made a contribution of ₹5000.
Donate to the cause:
There is no entry fee for the tournament. However, only the people who donate will be allowed to play. It is requested to donate a minimum of Rs 100 for the cyclone 'Fani' victims. There is no maximum limit. The entire proceedings will go to the victims' family via Chief Minister's Relief fund.
Entry is closed for the tournament, however you can still donate and contribute to the cause.
People who live outside India and would like to contribute, can do so from here:
https://www.paypal.me/chessbaseindia
All the money collected will be donated to Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
Each one of us can definitely afford Rs.100. It is our request to everyone to help the victims of this natural disaster in whatever way they can.
You can also make a direct donation to the bank account of ChessBase India Foundation which will later be donated to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund:
Name :- ChessBase India Foundation
A/C. No. :- 50200031999591
Bank Name: HDFC Bank.
Type of Account: Current Account
Branch Name :- GHATKOPAR EAST-TILAK ROAD
Branch Address :- 001 / 002,Samyak Darshan,Junction Of Tilak Road& Vallabh Baug Lane,Mumbai, IFSC CODE :- HDFC0000118
For Technical details on how to play the tournament, please refer to our previous article here.
Registered players along with their pledge amount:
Serial No. | Full name | Rating | Playchess ID | Donation amount |
1 | GM Laxman R R | 2446 | LAXMAN | 4000 |
2 | GM Swayams Mishra | 2473 | Mr bh6 | 3000 |
3 | GM R Praggnanandhaa | 2536 | chessworld1 | 1000 |
4 | Mayur Gondhalekar | gonda | $12 | |
5 | Aradhya Garg | 2178 | Aradhya | $501 |
6 | WIM Priyanka Nutakki | 2302 | Chess Queen | 500 |
7 | Atharva Jaeel | 2098 | atharvajaeel | 500 |
8 | A.Anand Sivasankar | 1853 | anandfan | 500 |
9 | Kiran A | 1753 | creativedevil | 500 |
10 | Aniketh | 1235 | anikethk | 500 |
11 | Natarajan Rajaswaminathan | RAJA3652016 | 500 | |
12 | Pranav V | 2315 | pranav_vip | 300 |
13 | Harsh Kanoje | 1740 | Masterwhiteking | 300 |
14 | Sa Kannan | 1913 | NextWC | 230 |
15 | Shahil Dey | 2058 | ShahilDey | 200 |
16 | Amit Rajeshirke | amitshirke | 200 | |
17 | FM Mitrabha Guha | 2341 | babysnake | 100 |
18 | FM C J Arvind | 2209 | Junosource | 100 |
19 | Tarun Kanyamarala | 2126 | irishchessman | 100 |
20 | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | 2063 | Cutequeen | 100 |
21 | Trisha Kanyamarala | 2048 | trishakan | 100 |
22 | Muralikrishna | 2026 | Muralikrishna | 100 |
23 | Rohit S | 1995 | rohit2007 | 100 |
24 | Samriddhaa Ghosh | 1963 | Samriddhaa | 100 |
25 | Ambarish Sharma | 1953 | SilentStrom | 100 |
26 | Kotepalli Sai Nirupama | 1914 | Saraswathi | 100 |
27 | Varun Bhatt | 1844 | varun1053012 | 100 |
28 | Anurag Deo | 1684 | azztor | 100 |
29 | Sibi Srinivas Eistein Reddy | 1761 | sibieinstein | 100 |
Donors who are not playing:
Serial No. | Full name | Donation amount |
1 | WGM Bhakti Kulkarni | 5000 |
2 | Sachin Samant | 5000 |
3 | Saina Salonika | 4000 |
4 | Aditya Bikram Paul | 500 |
5 | Mitul K H | 500 |