ChessBase India Chess Club completes 1 year, Rs.1,25,000 mega tournament on 11th of March 2023

by Sagar Shah - 08/03/2023

ChessBase India Chess Club at the Phoenix Marketcity Mumbai will complete 52 Saturdays - 1 full year of existence on 11th of March 2023. In order to celebrate the occasion we are organizing a rapid tournament (10 mins + 2 seconds increment) of nine rounds. The total prize fund is Rs.1,25,000 and the winner takes home Rs.25,000. The entry fee is just Rs.100 and only Rs.50 for women. This event has been supported by Samay Raina with half of the main prize fund and the entire women's prize fund is sponsored by Phoenix Marketcity. There is only space for 200 players to join in, so make sure that you register soon and be a part of this wonderful event. We also have some memorable pictures from the 1 year journey at the chess club.

52 Saturdays of pure chess!

The image that started it all back in 2022!

On 10th of March 2022, Amruta Mokal gave a simul at the Phoenix Marketcity mall in Mumbai. It was a part of their women's day celebration. Little did we know that this event would start an association that would start something truly unique in Mumbai and Indian chess! On 19th of March 2022 we had the first session of the ChessBase India Chess Club. There were 50 chess sets arranged and 50 tables and chairs and thus began the journey of chess in the Atrium 5 area of the Phoenix Marketcity in Mumbai. The main aim of the club was to create a chess hub in the city. It would take place once every week on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. and it would be completely free and open for all. 52 Saturdays and one year later we are here!

The Phoenix marketcity mall in Kurla is one of the finest malls in Mumbai

This is how the chess club looks from a top view!

Players from all across the city and sometimes even from other states and other countries would visit the ChessBase India chess club. What made this initiative truly successful was the love and the interest of people for chess.

Very soon we had a very nice community of loving chess players who would come to the club.

In order to celebrate this momentous occasion, we have decided to organize a big rapid event with a prize fund of Rs.1,25,000.

Here are the main details of the event:

ChessBase India Chess Club 1st Anniversary Tournament

Date - 11th March 2023

Start time - 12.30 p.m.

Venue - Atrium 5, Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla, Mumbai

Format - 10 mins + 2 seconds increment

Number of Rounds - 9

Total Prize Fund - 1,25,000 (25,000 women's only prize)

Entry Fee - Rs.100 for men and Rs.50 for women

Registration ends on 11th of March at 8 a.m. - No spot entries at the venue. First 200 entries only.

Prize structure:

Main prizes

Winner	25000	Sponsored by Samay Raina
Runner-up	15000	Sponsored by Samay Raina
2nd runner-up	10000	Sponsored by Samay Raina
4th	5000
5th	4000
6th	3000
7th	2000
8th	2000
9th	2000
10th	2000
11th	1000
12th	1000
13th	1000
14th	1000
15th	1000
16th	1000
17th	1000
18th	1000
19th	1000
20th	1000

Age group prizes

Best under-16 1st	1000	Trophy
Best under-16 2nd	750
Best under-14 1st	1000	Trophy
Best under-14 2nd	750
Best under-12 1st	1000	Trophy
Best under-12 2nd	750
Best under-10 1st	1000	Trophy
Best under-10 2nd	750
Best under-8 1st	1000	Trophy
Best under-8 2nd	750
Best under-6 1st	1000	Trophy
Best under-6 2nd	750

Special prizes

Veteran (60+)
1st	3000
2nd	2000
3rd	1000

Specially abled
1st	3500
Total	100000

Women prizes (sponsored by Phoenix Marketcity)

Best woman	10000
1st runner-up	5000
2nd runner-up	2000

Best under-16	1000	Trophy
Best under-14	1000	Trophy
Best under-12	1000	Trophy
Best under-10	1000	Trophy
Best under-8	1000	Trophy
Best under-6	1000	Trophy
Best senior woman	1000
Youngest girl	1000	Trophy
	25000

Prize structure of the event

Rs.100 for men/boys/others

Entries are closed now

Rs.50 for women/girls

The entry is free for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. They should write to us with their name, FIDE ID and phone number on chessbaseindia@gmail.com.

Once you make the payment, and it is successful, we will send you a mail before the event with the chess-results link. You can check that your name is there. Be there at the venue by 12 p.m. IST. The round will start at 12.30 p.m. sharp.

A huge thanks to our very own BM Samay Raina for sponsoring the first three prizes of this tournament of Rs.50,000. Samay will also play at the event.

A big thanks to our partners Phoenix Marketcity who are celebrating the women's month at the mall and have sponsored women's prizes of Rs.25,000

Some pictures that take you down the memory lane!

The Death Match between Anish Giri and Vidit Gujrathi took place in the same mall as the chess club!

We celebrated Nimay's success when he became the under-10 state champion

We celebrated Mumbai getting its 2nd GM (Aditya Mittal) by inviting Mumbai's 1st GM (Pravin Thipsay)

We had Samay Raina come over to give a simultaneous exhibition!

GM Swayams Mishra was the first grandmaster to visit the club and play with the members

A lot of visitors who watched the chess streams came to the chess club!

So many young kids got better playing here!

Some as young as 4 years old!

We had the famous Bollywood singer Nandini Srikar come to the club to enjoy a few games! Here she is playing against Amruta's mother Prachi Mokal

We have had guests all across the world enjoy the Indian hospitality!

AICF vice President Ranjan Mohanty visited the club

It was wonderful to have Biswa Kalyan Rath visit the chess club!

Checkout how people on the higher deck would follow the games happening below!

From October we launched monthly prize money events at the ChessBase India Chess Club. The first month's winner was IM Raahil Mullick.

Girlfriend surprises boyfriend by bringing him to the chess club!

Joel vs Amruta Mokal at the ChessBase India Chess Club

Samay Raina and backrank mate! What a love story!

Taking our home fights out to the club!

We unboxed our YouTube 1 million Gold play button at the mall

The beautiful ChessBase India team together!

One of the main pillars why the chess club became successful is Supriya Bhat - ChessBase India's Sales head. She would not only manage everything but also teach youngsters some basics!

Asim Khan (left) supported us tremendously with his innovative ideas around how to promote the club. How can we ever forget the composer of Bewafa Samay song Devin Anand (right).

Ending this article with a beautiful song composed by the man above Devin and his brother Derayne along with Sarthak Kalyani

Do you know the amazing news? We are opening the 2nd ChessBase India Chess Club - this time at the Phoenix Citadel Mall in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. We thank the Phoenix group from the bottom of our heart for supporting chess and promoting it in the country.

Don't forget to register before 11th of March 8 a.m. Only 200 players will be allowed to play.

Update: Entries are CLOSED. (Please check the players list below. If you have paid the entry fee, your name should be there in the list below)

Players list

No.	Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	Mittal, Aditya	35042025	IND	2386
2	Mullick, Raahil	35080350	IND	2245
3	Kulkarni, Vikramaditya	5009847	IND	2240
4	Agrawal, Yash	5023092	IND	2083
5	Barat, Kaustav	5020565	IND	2028
6	Dere, Pushkar	25040898	IND	1993
7	Potawad, Anirudhha	45081506	IND	1923
8	Mishra, Arnab	5033144	IND	1909
9	Bartakke, Amardeep	5003288	IND	1898
10	Shah, Jeet	45012954	IND	1796
11	Gandhi, Jay	5026032	IND	1783
12	Nair, Saumil	35016849	IND	1736
13	Kochrekar, Vishvesh	5037050	IND	1723
14	Kadge, Rahul	25053515	IND	1630
15	Prakash, Guru	25138316	IND	1597
16	Bartakke, Aditya	45019002	IND	1584
17	Kayal, Aditi	45075050	IND	1577
18	Sandanshi, Anil	25009150	IND	1553
19	Gaikwad, Vishal	35080091	IND	1550
20	Keshri, Abhishek	46679456	IND	1539

Complete list of players

Important links:

Entire YouTube playlist of ChessBase India Chess Club

The first session of the ChessBase India Chess Club

Launching monthly prize money tournaments

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