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Checkmate Covid-19 International Online Blitz Tournament on 2nd May 2020

'Chess Kerala' will be conducting the charity event Checkmate Covid-19 International Online Chess Tournament with a prize amount of Rs.52,000 and a first prize of Rs.12,000 from 8:00 p.m. IST on Saturday the 2nd May 2020, to raise funds for the Kerala Government's fight against the Covid-19 virus in the state. Sponsored by Chess Houseboat Kerala (Orient Chess Moves), the 10 round Swiss event will be held on the Playchess server under the time control of 3 minutes per player per game (3+0).

 

The entire fund raised from this event will be donated to the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund and official Income Tax exempted fund of the Kerala Government. Kerala has been at the forefront of fighting the pandemic through a strong public health system, clear risk communication and community participation and the whole world is lauding this small Indian state for its exemplary fight. However, the battle against the novel virus continues to be a challenge and the Government of Kerala needs all the helping hands it can to continue to fight the battle against the virus.

Details of the online tournament:

Date: Saturday 2nd May 2020

Time: 8:00 p.m. IST

Time control: 3 mins + 0 second increment

Number of rounds: 10

Venue: Vishy Anand Arena in Playchess

Total Prize fund: ₹52,000

Last date for registration : 1st May 8 p.m. IST

 

Main Prizes

1 ₹12000
2 ₹8000
3 ₹5000
4 ₹4000
5 ₹3000
6 ₹2000
7 ₹1000
8 ₹1000
9 ₹1000
10 ₹1000
11 ₹500
12 ₹500
13 ₹500
14 ₹500
15 ₹500
16 ₹500
17 ₹500
18 ₹500
19 ₹500
20 ₹500

Best Woman

1 ₹500
2 ₹500
3 ₹500

Rating Category prizes: 1201-1400

1 ₹500
2 ₹500
3 ₹500

Rating Category prizes: 1000-1200

1 ₹500
2 ₹500
3 ₹500

Best Under-12

1 ₹500
2 ₹500
3 ₹500

Best Under-18

1 ₹500
2 ₹500
3 ₹500

Best Kerala Players

1 ₹500
2 ₹500
3 ₹500

Standard Rating will be considered for Rating Category prizes, a player without a standard rating will be considered as an unrated player. To claim age group prizes, a player without a FIDE ID must present a valid age proof document.

Special Message

Vishy Anand's message
Judit Polgar's message

Top donors

69-year old Kerala's veteran K K Praveenkumar made a gargantuan donation of ₹70000 | Photo: Anil Kumar

WFM Meghna C H made the biggest donation so far of ₹25000 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

'The Indian Wall' GM Krishnan Sasikiran donated ₹15000 | Photo: John Saunders

Reigning Asian Blitz Champion, Kerala's very own GM Nihal Sarin donated ₹10000

Japan no.2 IM Shinya Kohima donated ₹6380 | Photo: FIDE

India's third GM in history Pravin Thipsay donated ₹5001 | Photo: Amit Sharma

Padma Shri and Arjuna Awardee WIM Bhagyashree Thipsay donated ₹5001

IM Anup Deshmukh donated ₹5000 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

FM M B Muralidharan donated ₹5000

Kerala's first GM G N Gopal donated ₹4000

IM Varugheese Koshy donated ₹3000 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Stany G A donated ₹2000 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

GM Abhimanyu Puranik donated ₹1000

GM Srinath Narayanan donated ₹1000 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Laxman R R donated ₹1000 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Reigning State and National Under-17 Open Champion IM Neelash Saha donated ₹1000 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Kerala's very own IM Rathnakaran K has donated ₹1000 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

IM Ravi Hegde donated ₹1000

GM Gukesh D donated ₹500 | Photo: Niki Riga

IM Rahul Srivasthav P | Photo: IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran

IM Aditya Mittal donated ₹500 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

IM P Saravana Krishnan donated ₹500 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Kerala's prodigy FM Jubin Jimmy donated ₹500 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

IM Himal Gusain donated ₹250 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

IM Soumya Swaminathan donated ₹250

Confirmed Titled players

Germany no.3 GM Alexander Donchenko | Photo: John Saunders

GM Aravindh Chithambaram | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Argentina no.1 GM Alan Pichot

British Chess Legend GM Nigel Short | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Jose Martinez Eduardo Alcantara | Photo: Niklesh Jain

GM S L Narayanan from Kerala was the first player to confirm his participation

Mr. Commonwealth GM Abhijeet Gupta

GM Vaibhav Suri | Photo: Niki Riga

GM Arjun Erigaisi won 2nd and 4th Saturday Online Blitz Open

GM Elshan Moradiabadi

GM Raunak Sadhwani | Photo: Niki Riga

GM Diptayan Ghosh | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Jakhongir Vokhidov of Uzbekistan

GM Shardul Gagare | Photo: John Saunders

GM Iniyan P

Algeria no.1 GM Bilel Bellahcene

GM Swapnil Dhopade | Photo: IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran

GM M R Venkatesh | Photo: Niklesh Jain

GM Vishnu Prasanna | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Adham Fawzy of Egypt | Photo: FIDE

GM Ankit Rajpara

IM Renato Terry of Peru | Photo: FIDE

IM Saksham Rautela

IM C R G Krishna | Photo: IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran

IM Arjun Kalyan

IM Harshit Raja | Photo: Niki Riga

IM Ravi Teja S

IM Arghyadip Das | Photo: IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran

Reigning 1st SAARC Open Champion IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh

IM Bharath Subramaniyam H

IM Aronyak Ghosh | Photo: Amruta Mokal

IM Sreeshwan Maralakshikari | Photo: Amruta Mokal

IM Raahil Mullick | Photo: Niki Riga

IM Nitin S | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Former National Blitz Champion IM D K Sharma | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

WGM Leya Garifullina of Russia | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Asian Junior 2019 Silver medalist WIM Vantika Agrawal

WIM Mrudul Dehankar

Asian Junior 2019 Bronze medalist WIM Aakanksha Hagawane | Photo: Niklesh Jain

WIM Michelle Catherina | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Donate to the cause:

This will be an International open event in which anyone from any part of the globe can participate. The participants will contribute a minimum of ₹250 (€5 for foreigners), while any contribution on the higher side will be appreciated. The last date for entry is 1st of May 2020 at 8 p.m. IST. The entry for all titled players - GM, IM, WGM, WIM is free, but it would be wonderful if they could contribute to the fund as well. The entire event is a charity programme with all the contributions going to the Kerala Government's Official Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund. Participants who wish to have a proof of their donations will be provided with receipts from the Government of Kerala for Income Tax relief.

ENTRY CLOSED

Players outside India who would like to participate can make the payment of €5 through the Paypal link and write an mail to teamchessbaseindia@gmail.com mentioning their Name, FIDE ID, FIDE Rating, Playchess ID, Date of Birth and Gender.

 

The chess lovers who will not be able to participate in the event are welcome to contribute to the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund of the Government of Kerala by donating directly to our Bank Account: A/c name: Chess Kerala

A/c No: 47062010000357

IFSC Code: SYNB0004706

MICR: 671025057

Bank: Syndicate Bank

Branch: Parappa Branch, Kasargode District, Kerala, India.

Those who wish to have a proof of their donations towards the CMDRF will be provided with receipts from the Government of Kerala for Income Tax relief

How to play the tournament:

Please ensure that you have a valid Playchess id. You can create one here.

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:

Donors who will play the tournament

Sl.no. Name Playchess ID Rating Donation Gender Kerala Player Age Group
1 GM Alexander Donchenko Le_Petit_Prince 2646
M No
2 GM Aravindh Chithambaram hitter1999 2641
M No
3 GM Alan Pichot alanp 2630
M No
4 GM Nigel Short Nigel Short 2626
M No
5 GM Jose Martinez Alcantara Js3131 2620



6 GM Nihal Sarin Nihalsarin 2620 10000 M Yes U18
7 GM S L Narayanan Narayanansl 2618
M Yes
8 GM Abhijeet Gupta Bhaiyu 2612
M No
9 GM Vaibhav Suri irus1997 2600
M No
10 GM Abhimanyu Puranik pabh 2584 1000 M No
11 GM D Gukesh gk06 2563 500 M No U18
12 GM Arjun Erigaisi Indian-Lion 2559
M No U18
13 GM Elshan Moradiabadi GMAbadi 2555
M No
14 GM Raunak Sadhwani devil1234 2545
M No U18
15 GM Diptayan Ghosh Diptayan 2541
M No
16 GM Srinath Narayanan NSRINATH 2540 1000 M No
17 GM Jakhongir Vakhidov UzbekTiger95 2533
M No
18 GM Stany G A Stany G A 2522 2000 M No
19 GM Shardul Gagare IndianKing97 2514
M No
20 GM Iniyan P superind2002 2506
M No U18
21 IM Renato Terry TerryR 2504
M No
22 GM Bilel Bellahcene Hetou 2501
M No
23 GM Debashis Das Debashisdas 2501
M No
24 GM Swapnil Dhopade Simandhar90 2495
M No
25 GM M R Venkatesh Sivaji 2493
M No
26 GM Kevin Cori Quispe Dybamo 2492
M No
27 IM Saksham Rautela Kcnock 2480
M No U18
28 GM Vugar Rasulov Rasulov Vugar 2478
M Yes
29 IM Krishna C R G Crg 2478
M No
30 IM Arjun Kalyan Arjunkalyan 2477
M No
31 GM Vishnu Prasanna Fidodido 2476
M No
32 IM Harshit Raja Johncking 2472
M No
33 IM Ravi Teja S RAVI TEJA S 2469
M No
34 GM Adham Fawzy Adham_Fawzy 2467
M No
35 IM Rahul Srivatshav P rahulsrivathsav 2457 500 M No U18
36 IM Arghyadip Das Arghyadip 2453
M No
37 GM Ankit Rajpara twentyseven 2452
M No
38 IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh NubairshahShaikh 2445 500 M No
39 IM Bharath Subramaniyam H Harishankkar 2437
M No U18
40 IM Aronyak Ghosh STRANGE 2436
M No U18
41 IM Koustav Chatterjee KoustavChatterjee1 2431
M No U18
42 IM Aditya Mittal Vinniethepooh 2418 500 M No U18
43 IM Himal Gusain Rajdhani express 2414 250 M No
44 FM Srihari L R lsr 2414 300 M No U18
45 IM Neelash Saha gamechanger 2413 1000 M No U18
46 GM Laxman R R LAXMAN 2411 1000 M No
47 IM Sreeshwan Maralakshikari CreativeMind-s 2408
M No U18
48 IM Giuseppe Leiva unico 2391
M No
49 IM Raahil Mullick raahi07 2382 500 M No U18
50 IM Nitin S snitin 2381
M No
51 FM Pranav Anand lightsaber 2381 250 M No U18
52 GM Pravin Thipsay PravinT 2376 5001 M No
53 CM Shahil Dey ShahilDey 2376 250 M No U18
54 WGM Leya Garifullina Lorelea 2357
F No U18
55 IM Hemant Sharma Hemant Sharma 2356
M No
56 IM Soumya Swaminathan Travellingknight 2351 250 F No
57 FM Ajay Karthikeyan skkeyan 2315 500 M No U18
58 IM Rathnakaran K RATHNAKARAN 2314 1000 M Yes
59 IM P Saravana Krishnan mbachez90 2312 500 M No
60 N R Anilkumar passedpawnindia 2306 10000 M Yes
61 Joe Parappilly synergyjoe 2305 5000 M Yes
62 Balasubramaniam H BIGIL 2298 250 M No U18
63 IM D K Sharma kakdela 2289
M No
64 WIM Vantika Agrawal
2286
F No U18
65 Andrés Carrasco Miranda roedor87 2285 822 M No
66 FM Thanadon Kulpruethanon Bank2010 2282
M No
67 Gurpreet Pal Singh gypsy210 2273 1100 M No
68 FM Mithil Ajgaonkar Mithil 2263 250 M No
69 WFM Savithashri Baskar savithashri 2261 255 F No U18
70 FM Jubin Jimmy SAAKER 2259 500 M Yes U18
71 WIM Mrudul Dehankar shiv01 2256 250 F No U18
72 IM Carlos Jose Pinero Rodriguez Carlospinero 2246
M No
73 WIM Aakanksha Hagawane Ash2000 2238
F No
74 Ojas Kulkarni Czar512 2213 500 M No
75 CM Arjun K Arjun_Aj 2208 500 M Yes
76 Aradhya Garg Aradhya 2198 500 M No
77 WIM Michelle Catherina Zanta 2176
F No
78 Sourath Biswas IronMan3 2145 250 M No U18
79 FM FT Mikhail Gerasimenyuk gerasimenyuk 2133 410 M No
80 FM C J Arvind Junosource 2123 500 M No
81 FM M B Muralidharan muralichess 2110 5000 M

82 FA Suresh Kumar Sureshkumar 2100 2000 M Yes
83 Thrish Karthik Thrish 2095 250 M Yes
84 Swayangsu Satyakam FUTGEN 2093 250 M No
85 WIM Bhagyshree Thipsay Bhagyashree 2072 5001 F No
86 Jinan Jomon jinanjomon 2069 500 M Yes
87 Milind Maiti Maitiboy 2068 905 M No U18
88 Jyothilal N jyosinb 2055 1000 M Yes
89 Sreejith G S THRILLER 2051 1000 M Yes
90 IM Sekhar Sahu sekhar sahu 2049
M No
91 G Dinesh Kumar gdbow 2046 500 M No
92 Potluri Saye Srreezza Staroftheyear 2044 250 F No
93 Mohammed Dilshad magnuswest 2041 2000 M Yes
94 Prajesh R Praju 2039 250 M No U18
95 CM Aaditya Dhingra Aaditya13 2038 250 M No U18
96 Atul Dahale Incredible 2037 500 M No
97 Alan Diviya Raj Michaelraj_98 2033 300 M No U18
98 Chandar Raju chandar900 2031 250 M Yes
99 Rahul Manohar ajaybasu1988 2024 7500 M Yes
100 IM Ravi Gopal Hegde Ravihegde 2018 1000 M No
101 Nithin Babu nithinbabu 2005 250 M Yes
102 Ilamparthi A R ilamparthi 1989 500 M No U12
103 WFM Meghna C H MEGHNA 1985 25000 M Yes
104 Arhan Chethan Anand LegacyPlayer 1979 250 M No U12
105 Sumit Balan SumitBa 1975 250 M Yes
106 Pavel Matocha Pogous 1970 2262 M No
107 Aditya Ramanathan Darkknight0405 1950 250 M No U18
108 Vivek Nambiar vnamb 1935 1000 M No
109 Abhijith M The_Chosen_01 1948 500 M Yes
110 Hari Suresh harichess28 1939 250 M Yes U18
111 Arjun Gupta Arjun Gupta 1932 251 M No U18
112 Premchand M premchand manchakkandy 1931 1000 M Yes
113 Vansh Aggarwal twobrothers 1922 500 M No U18
114 WFM Sai Nirupama Kotepalli Saraswathii 1914 250 F No
115 Ganeshbabu Gnanagurusamy Adi2005 1896 410 M No
116 Vishnu Surendran Vishnu93 1892 250 M Yes
117 Manikantan K K manikantankk 1884 250 M Yes
118 Justin Joseph justin1973 1871 250 M Yes
119 Anand Sivasankar anandfan 1853 250 M No
120 Abhijith Pran kaspypran 1847 2000 M Yes
121 Nithin K nithink55 1846 250 M Yes
122 Syed Rehman Nazeer samharaBhairavan 1833 333 M Yes
123 Aadit Bhatia Aadit1728 1830 250 M No U18
124 Sonakshi Rathore Sonakshi 1828 250 F No
125 Anjana Krishna S m_knight 1827 500 F Yes
126 Pranav Sairam Sairam Ramabadra 1810 412 M No U18
127 Ananthapadmanabh D V Ananth05 1805 1250 M Yes U18
128 Anupam M Sreekumar Anupam_Chess 1798 250 F Yes U12
129 Hari R Chandran Fischer_Fan 1791 250 M Yes U18
130 Madhavan R Munjanattu mailrakeshp 1779 250 M Yes U18
131 Rajesh V N Rajuneelamana 1771 2000 M Yes
132 Aanjaneya Phatak aanjaneya 1769 300 M No
133 Ratheesh M V
1765 250 M Yes
134 Madhusoodanan K R mkr56 1716 250 M Yes
135 Denis P Devassy dens p devassy 1702 1000 M Yes
136 Debarghya Samanta tapa1964 1698 300 M No U18
137 Unas K A 15839 1698 250 M Yes
138 Jaiveer Mahendru Diamond06 1695 250 M Yes U12
139 Ajithkumar P N PNAJITH 1687 250 M Yes
140 John Veny johnveny 1687 500 M Yes U12
141 Prakhar Bajaj gaurav306 1663 250 M No U18
142 Amal Roozi roozi 1661 250 M Yes U18
143 Nidheshpa Nidheshpa11 1644 250 M No U18
144 Unnikrishnan M A Unnikrishnan 1636 250 M Yes
145 Venkatachalam Kameswaran kamesh43 1625 250 M No
146 Arvind Nath Rajesh ArvindNR_98 1620 250 M Yes
147 Arpith S Bijoy Arpithsbijoy 1613 250 M Yes U12
148 Bright Lee Sunilikumar bright lee 1610 1000 M Yes U18
149 Premkrishna N premkrishna 1610 1000 M Yes U18
150 Arvind Ramnath arvind0899 1602 300 M No
151 Nithin M Pai Nitinmpai 1595 500 M Yes
152 Shaji MK ShajiMK 1578 500 M Yes
153 Vishnu Menon krishna06 1573 1000 M Yes
154 Dattatreya Rao dattu1234567 1561 250 M No
155 Aswin P G APG 1558 300 M Yes
156 Nithyan S nithyans04 1557 1000 M Yes U18
157 Shoukath A P
1551 250 M Yes
158 S M Paul Spice-coast 1549 250 M Yes
159 Sanjay Saravanan Sanjay S 1542 300 M No U18
160 Sanoop P B
1541 250 M Yes
161 Sajan C T Sajanct 1528 500 M No
162 Jos Paul Davis jospauldavis 1520 250 M Yes
163 Mihir A K MIHMAL 1511 250 M Yes U18
164 Rahul Krishna V rosetta2014 1503 1000 M Yes U18
165 Mahi Amit Doshi chess1311 1502 500 F No U18
166 Binu K P Binukp 1501 2500 M Yes
167 Srivatsan Karthikeyan Srivatsan21 1488 250 M Yes U18
168 Devarsh Borkhetariya Lightning McQueen 1482 250 M No U18
169 Nasser N A
1476 250 M Yes
170 Karthik S ELECTROWIZZARD 1475 250 M No
171 Aaromal RS Aaromal_rs 1463 500 M Yes U18
172 Gagan Bharadwaj k Gaggu_bhai 1462 250 M Yes U18
173 Sreelakshmi M Sunilkumar Afrodiet 1458 250 F Yes
174 Adra P ABHA_ADRA 1454 250 F Yes U18
175 Santhosh V R
1454 250 M Yes
176 Vineesh PS vineesh1973 1448 250 M Yes
177 Mohammed Fasal V U
1434 250 M Yes
178 Rahul Raja rahul1925 1422 1000 M Yes
179 Tran Bich Thuy thuyttb80 1422 407 F No
180 Sanskar Gaigore sanskarg 1416 250 M No U12
181 Rohith Raja M rohithrajam 1411 1000 M Yes
182 Aswin Biju gizmogajim 1408 250 M Yes U18
183 Leo WV Tinto Leo w v Tinto 1408 250 M Yes
184 Shijith Lal L V shijithlallv 1404 500 M Yes
185 Soumil Gogte Indian King 1401 250 M No U18
186 Vikram Natraj S viki03 1400 250 M No U18
187 Abdul Salam K M
1390 250 M Yes
188 Jahnavi Sri Lalita Mareddy mvsr12345 1387 250 F No U12
189 Potturi Venkata Satyanarayana pvsatyam 1387 300 M No
190 Gautham Prasanth Gautham_p 1386 3000 M Yes U18
191 Karthik Raj Karthik2401 1383 250 M Yes U18
192 Soman C R SOMAN CR 1375 300 M Yes
193 Devathma D Devathma D 1371 300 M Yes
194 Ahamed Abid P ABID123 1365 500 M Yes
195 Anoop P anuvetan 1359 250 M Yes
196 Salim Yoosuf salimyoosuf 1359 500 M Yes
197 Goutham Krishna H Goutham2010 1352 250 M Yes U12
198 Suguneshbabu Sreyasmera 1352 500 M Yes
199 Kimaya Virle kimaya_virle#24 1349 250 F No
200 Giridhar A giridhar1347 1347 250 M Yes U12
201 Abhishek Raghupathy Abhishek.R 1343 500 M Yes U18
202 Akshit Bhatia Abjgamer 1332 250 M Yes U18
203 Adnan Fayas N K adnanfayas 1329 300 M Yes U12
204 Aadithya Pradeep aadi2005 1325 500 M Yes U18
205 Heera P heera_prem 1318 250 F Yes
206 Shibu KS
1307 250 M Yes
207 P N John PNJOHNN11 1304 300 M Yes
208 Shreyas Arun Azeus 1295 250 M Yes
209 Ramesh R RameshR 1294 250 M Yes
210 Rohan Ebi Rohanwynd 1294 1000 M Yes U12
211 Advaith Kodipparambil Advaithgkodi 1293 453 M No U18
212 Padmaesh M.K. Padmaesh M K 1293 250 M Yes U18
213 Anand Rajan Anandchess96 1289 250 M Yes
214 Shyam Prasad O
1288 300 M Yes
215 Ameen Akbar T A ameen_akbar_t_a 1284 250 M Yes U18
216 Safal Fazil SAFAL 2006 1284 250 M No U18
217 Avinash K P aavi2006 1281 250 M Yes U18
218 Dr. Ramalingam Ramalingam S 1277 1000 M Yes
219 Pournami S pournami2009 1277 250 F Yes U12
220 WCM Shriyana S Mallya Sadhika 1277 250 F No U12
221 Arshiya Das arshiyaagt 1275 250 F No U12
222 VP Jolly vpjolly 1274 500 M Yes
223 Adarsh Girish Adarshrook 1272 453 M No U12
224 Aron Rose Aron Rose 1272 250 M Yes U18
225 Vaibhav Kumar Karn Vaibhav974 1272 500 M No
226 Pramod G Fileman 1268 250 M Yes
227 Rishikesh S A Rishikesh 1267 500 M Yes U12
228 Anand J S KingJS 1266 1000 M Yes
229 Harshini A harshinianand 1265 250 F No U18
230 Anurag MS
1255 300 M Yes U12
231 Aasta Joy aasta 1247 250 F Yes U18
232 A V Sreekuttan Sreekuttan 1239 300 M Yes
233 Ravisankar P RSP1991 1229 250 M Yes
234 Sarvad Senthil Sarvad64Squares 1226 250 M No U12
235 Dr.Vinu Bhaskar drvin74 1222 500 M Yes
236 Anshul Panicker rockstarmng 1220 250 M No U12
237 Fizan Ahil KP Fizan 1214 250 M Yes U18
238 Gaana Samrudhi k Kanakaje 1213 250 F Yes U18
239 Naveen Kumar V urnaveen 1203 250 M No
240 Biswa Preet Ray biswap 1194 250 M No U12
241 Sidharth Sreekumar SidharthS 1194 2000 M Yes U12
242 Neel Varadkar Neelvaradkar 1187 250 M No U18
243 Ajul Ratish ajul 1183 250 M Yes
244 Godwin Mathew Baby Pallipadan 1179 250 M Yes U12
245 Shanjula Senthil Shanjusai 1176 250 F No U12
246 Ashwinkrishna ASHWIN KRISHNA wyn 1173 1000 M Yes U18
247 Nandagopal VT Vee Tee 1172 250 M Yes U18
248 Ravendran K K ravikkchess 1170 250 M Yes
249 Devanaarayan V devanaarayan 1165 250 M Yes U18
250 Kuldeep Chotrani KULDEEP CHOTRANI 1164 250 M No
251 Vinod Kumar K vinumash70 1162 2000 M Yes
252 Adwaith S Vinu nandu2007chess 1158 250 M Yes U18
253 Sreesukhan Sukhan 1158 250 M Yes
254 Adith Thamban ADITH THAMBAN 1155 250 M Yes U12
255 Alex V Kadavan Alexkadavan 1152 250 M Yes
256 Rajesh K vikramaditya9991 1150 250 M Yes
257 Valsaraju V vvalsaraju 1148 500 M Yes
258 Ajin Raj ANCHUAJIN 1147 250 M Yes U18
259 Thejus M A Thejusnandan 1144 500 M Yes
260 Kavin Oviyan R Kavin Oviyan R 1129 1000 M Yes U12
261 Sujan Bharadwaj S Sujan Bharadwaj 1129 500 M No U12
262 Abha P Abha P 1126 250 F Yes U18
263 Rohit J Pillai rohitjpillai 1120 250 M Yes U18
264 Gopalakrishnan Nair A M
1119 250 M Yes
265 Allen Varghese Tom AllenVT 1117 500 M Yes U18
266 Jaideep R Jaideep R 1102 250 M Yes U12
267 Rahul S rh06 1094 500 M
U18
268 Thushar Varma D THUSHAR 1094 500 M Yes U18
269 Archit Saigal architsaigal 1093 250 M No U18
270 Shivnarayanan S Shivansooraj 1084 500 M Yes U12
271 Jahnvi Ashok firefalcon 1079 1000 F Yes U12
272 Ragavendra Bharathi A Ragavendra Bharathi 1065 250 M No
273 Mayoogha N mayoogha2003 1060 250 F Yes U18
274 Aron S P aronsp 1057 250 M Yes U12
275 Malha A K MALMIH 1055 250 M No
276 Sankar Bhattacharya Sanjay125 1043 250 M No
277 Ameer Hussain AmeerHussain 1041 250 M Yes U18
278 Nerita Nahas Nerita Nahas 1041 250 M Yes U12
279 Deva Tharang S Deva Tharang S 1037 250 M Yes U12
280 Savanth Krishnan R dubiousdude 1033 2000 M Yes U12
281 Vasireddy Arjun icp100 1024 250 M No U12
282 Madhav Nair madhavnaironthefloor 1004 250 M Yes U12
283 Shreyas G K Sgk 1003 250 M No U12
284 Aadik Theophane Lenin Aadik Theophane Lenin 0 250 M Yes U12
285 Aadinath Harilal aadinath 0 500 M Yes
286 Aarush S Nair aarushvishwa2012 0 250 M Yes U12
287 Abhinav Sreejesh Abhinav08 0 377 M No U12
288 Able C Kurian
0 250 M Yes
289 Adhrinath S Kaimal adhrinath 0 500 M Yes U12
290 Adithyakrishna R Nair Adi nair 0 250 M Yes U18
291 Adithye Santosh chess200345 0 300 M Yes
292 Advaith Bipin advaith adith 0 250 M Yes
293 Afeefa afeefa2004 0 250 F Yes
294 Aiden Kuriakose aidenkuriakose 0 250 M Yes U12
295 Ajayan AJAYAN D23 0 250 M Yes
296 Ajesh T G ajeshtg456 0 250 M Yes
297 Alen ALEN JOSEPH 0 250 M Yes U18
298 Alfred Joe Johns alfredjohns 0 250 M Yes U12
299 Aliyar K M
0 250 M Yes
300 Allen B Judwin
0 250 M Yes
301 Amal Rag N K amal2255 0 500 M Yes
302 Ambika C Ambika 0 250 F Yes
303 Anagha T S
0 250 F Yes
304 Anand Menon Anand Menon 0 250 M No
305 Antu Mathew Antumathew 0 250 M Yes
306 Anil Kumar T S
0 500 M Yes
307 Ankit Anup Ankit Anup 0 250 M Yes U12
308 Ansaf ansaf2009 0 250 M Yes U12
309 Anuj Mohan mohan_anuj 0 250 M Yes
310 Archana M E AME2006 0 250 F No U18
311 Arjun C arjuncnilambur 0 250 M Yes
312 Arjunshijianil Arjunshijianil 0 250 M Yes
313 Arvindsingh Thakur Arvindsingh Thakur 0 250 M No
314 Aryan Rajesh Aryan Rajesh 0 250 M Yes U18
315 Aswinsmitha Aswinsmitha 0 500 M No U18
316 Atharva Manojkumar Mchellam 0 1523 M No U12
317 Augustin C T
0 1000 M Yes
318 Austin Wilbert AUSTIN696 0 250 M Yes
319 Benny George
0 250 M Yes
320 Beno V L
0 1000 M Yes
321 Bharath Jayakumar BharathJay 0 500 M No U12
322 Biju P Biju10001 0 250 M Yes
323 Biju Sunny
0 1000 M Yes
324 Bini Sudheer Bini Sudheer 0 500 F Yes
325 Bipin G
0 1000 M No
326 Byju N M BYJU N M 0 250 M Yes
327 B Sreekumar gsgirl 0 1079


328 Dakshesh Dutt DDD2L1 0 500 M No U18
329 Dan Varghese Nitson Dan2987 0 300 M Yes
330 Davis Paul Chiramal
0 1000 M Yes
331 Devanandan K Devanandan 0 300 M Yes
332 Devasia Mattathil Thomas DEVASIA MATTATHIL THOMAS 0 250 M Yes
333 Devegk devegk 0 250 M Yes U12
334 Fr.George Thekkekara
0 250 M Yes
335 Gagan Karthik Rajesh gagankarthik2009 0 500 M No U12
336 Gautam Dev Gautam Dev 0 250 M No
337 Gautam Krishna TgautamKrishna 0 250 M Yes U12
338 Gigi V David
0 250 M Yes
339 Greeshma Girish Greeshma 0 250 F Yes
340 Haripriya haripriya 0 250 F Yes U18
341 Haris V M
0 250 M Yes
342 Illyas Makkar
0 1000 M Yes
343 Janadath Smitha Janadath 0 500 M Yes U18
344 Jayadev S JAYADEV S 0 250 M Yes
345 Jayant Rao Valluri kingrao 0 250 M No U18
346 Jayasurian keid321 0 10000 M Yes
347 Jeevan Maheswar Vinoy jeevanmv 0 500 M Yes U12
348 Jonathan Varghese Paul
0 250 M Yes U18
349 Jose Antony
0 250 M Yes
350 Jose Tharappel Sobichen 0 3000 M Yes
351 Julie Benny
0 250 F Yes
352 Kakarla Chandra Sekhar Chesslearner500 0 250 M No
353 Karan Kumar Ka23ran 0 250 M No
354 Karthik Linoy KarthikLinoy 0 250 M Yes
355 Kashyap Sanjith
0 250 M Yes U12
356 Keerthana R Prabhu Keerthana0711 0 250 F Yes U18
357 Keshav N keshavthewinner 0 250 M No U18
358 Km Hari Haran kmhariharan 0 250 M Yes U12
359 Krishna Kumar drkrishnamd 0 300 M Yes
360 Krishna Pandya krishnapandya 0 250 M No
361 K K Asokan Asokankurinji 0 1000 M Yes
362 K Sivaji
0 250 M Yes
363 Lakshita Dutt L22D1 0 500 F No U12
364 Latheef PM latheeftrainer 0 250 M Yes
365 Latheesh A
0 250 M Yes
366 Levin Thamban Varghese Levin Thamban Varghese 0 250 M Yes
367 Madhusudan GS MadhuChaduranga 0 501 M No
368 Mahadev mahadev2009 0 1000 M Yes U12
369 Mahin SH
0 250 M Yes
370 Majison Varghese
0 250 M Yes
371 Manav A Rejith finecham 0 500 M Yes U12
372 Manav Kirsi Binoy manavkirsibinoy 0 250 M Yes U12
373 Manu Narayanan
0 250 M Yes U18
374 Mehafil Salim
0 250 M Yes U18
375 Mithilesh P knight29# 0 250 M
U12
376 Mohan Kumar P Mohan Kumar P 0 250 M No
377 Mudhun S Anil midhunsanil 0 250 M Yes U12
378 M Abdul Rahim
0 250 M Yes
379 Naren Raghavan gnaren 0 250 M No U12
380 Navaneeth littleindian 0 500 M No U12
381 Nimad Nahas Nimad Nahas 0 250 M Yes U12
382 Nishad Madhavan NISHADMADHAVAN 0 250 M Yes
383 Oshin Anilkumar o_Chevalier 0 500 F Yes
384 Parth Shinde pdshinde 0 500 M No U18
385 Philip Sanjoy Philipsanjoy 0 1000 M Yes U12
386 Piyush Kumar Jha piyush671504 0 250 M No
387 Pradeep Kumar P PONONK 0 1001 M Yes
388 Praveen patteril 0 250 M Yes
389 Priyanka V V chess6503 0 300 F Yes U18
390 Rahul Anil Bhagwat MRAA 0 500 M No
391 Rajendra Prasad D rpdasari 0 250 M No
392 Rajesh Kumar
0 500 M Yes
393 Ratheesh S ratheesh 0 1000 M Yes
394 Reji Daniel
0 500 M Yes
395 Rhishab Nair rhishabnair 0 250 M Yes U18
396 Rishabh Rish2812 0 250 M No U12
397 Ritvik Sunil Ritvik Sunil 0 250 M Yes U18
398 Ronak Ronak_2010 0 250 M Yes U12
399 R Graceson Raj grgs1234578 0 1000 M Yes U18
400 Sajan CR cr_sajan 0 5037 M No
401 Sajeev N D
0 500 M Yes
402 Sanjoy Philipose siddharthsanjoy 0 1000 M Yes U12
403 Sasidharan Pillai K Kspillai 0 500 M Yes
404 Shabin Hamd M Shabinhamd 0 500 M Yes
405 Shailesh shailesh369 0 250 M No
406 Shamil Haniy shamilhaniy123 0 250 M Yes U18
407 Sheffin Devasia sheffin devasia 0 250 M Yes U18
408 Shikhar Karn Shikhar karn 0 301 M No U12
409 Shinu R dreamsshinu 0 500 M Yes
410 Shivaghuru P pshivaghuru 0 300 M No U12
411 Shivakumar Maruthoor
0 305


412 Siyona K S siyona k s 0 500 F Yes U12
413 Sree Harishini Ravi SreeHarishiniRavi 0 250 F No U18
414 Sreekumaran Nair R
0 250 M Yes
415 Sreevijay R svrn47 0 1000 M Yes
416 Sunil Aravind
0 250 M Yes
417 Tejas Veeramalla tejasv 0 250 M No
418 Thanmaya M P
0 250 F Yes
419 Thomas Joseph Binoy Thomas07 0 1000 M Yes U12
420 Tom Joseph
0 500 M Yes
421 Umesh P Nair Umesh-petrosian 0 1000 M

422 Vaishnav S rightedge 0 250 M Yes U12
423 Vijayan
0 250 M Yes
424 Vinayak Vasudevan Vinstar123 0 949 M No U18
425 Vinod C Nair
0 250 M Yes
426 Vinu K R Vinukr 0 250 M Yes
427 Vishal B Chauhan Vishal_Chauhan 0 250 M No
428 Vygaprabha K A sheejavyga 0 250 F Yes U12
429 Yahiya Pareeth YAHIYAPAREETH 0 250 M Yes
430 Yazid Amin Kallungal Yazid Amin Kallungal 0 250 M Yes U12
431 Zahirshah Chacha 0 250 M Yes

 

Donors who will not play the tournament

Sl.no. Name Donation
1 K K Praveenkumar 70000
2 GM Krishnan Sasikiran 15000
3 IM Shinya Kojima 6380
4 IM Anup Deshmukh 5000
5 Babu Kakkadan 5000
6 Narayanan Unni 5000
7 Shaleesh 5000
8 Sharmila Menon 5000
9 Narayanin Oupindrin 4095
10 GM G N Gopal 4000
11 IM Varugheese Koshy 3000
12 Anoop Bangalore 2500
13 Hariharan C K 2500
14 L Kuriakose 2500
15 Prasanna Sivaswamy 2500
16 Sriraj Viswanathan 2500
17 Thomas Lazar 2500
18 P P Ajithkumar 2000
19 Sudhakaran Master 2000
20 Unknown 2000
21 Aman O P 1500
22 Unknown 1100
23 Gireesh G 1000
24 Shree Shanker M 1000
25 Zainudin K 1000
26 Sudarshan Sarathy 750
27 Anna Rose Rajan 600
28 Ajeesh TVM 500
29 Unknown 500
30 Sreejan N G 300
31 Balan Theniyadan 250
32 Karthik Raj 250
33 Mani Lal 250
34 Manish 250
35 Shaji 250
36 Suresh Maxima 250
37 Usha Dare 250

 

Total funds raised  ₹451650

About the Organizers

Chess Kerala wishes to contribute to the cause by conducting this online chess tournament with the co-operation of ChessBase India by conducting this event. Chess Kerala is an independent organisation of chess lovers, chess parents and organisers of Kerala, actively organising chess tournaments and events, coaching camps for children and arbiters seminars for the past many years. Chess Kerala was the only chess organisation which supported the flood relief work in the state in 2018 by raising a fund of Rs.1,38,500/- from the chess community and contributing it to the CMDRF. They attracted widespread attention with their Nigel Short's Chess Talent Nurture programme in the recent past, before the Covid-19 has slowed down their passionate ambitions.

Orient Chess Moves created history by organising the first ever chess tourism event in India, the Chess Houseboat 2020 International Chess Tourism Tournament at the beginning of 2020. Chess and Tourism were harmoniously blended with an international chess tournament conducted on a floating houseboat, and in beachside and riverside resorts, providing the participants with the best of chess, sightseeing and cuisine.

We wholeheartedly request the Chess Community of India and abroad to generously contribute to this noble endeavour, to contribute to the cause of the state of Kerala to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

How to play tournament?

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.

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 Vishy Anand Arena 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 2nd of May. 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. Only those who have donated the money will be allowed to play.

 

Note: The Playchess id, while donating the amount and playing the tournament should be the same.

About online tournaments on Playchess by ChessBase India:

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 R R Laxman, multi-time 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

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.