JDCA invites you to 3rd Jaffna International Chess Championship 2025 in Sri Lanka
Jaffna District Chess Association invites you to 3rd Jaffna International Chess Championship 2025. The third edition is offering a first prize of LKR 200000 and a total prize fund of LKR 2.4 Million. A total of 150 individual prizes are up for grabs. Entry is FREE for GM, IM, WGM, WIM, FM, WFMs and players rated above 2000. Travel grant is offered to GM, IM, WGM, WIMs. Apart from a Classical tournament, there is a Blitz tournament on 4th December 2025. The winner of the first two editions were IM Anup Deshmukh and IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh. Dr. Prajwal P Shet won the Blitz Rating Open last year. Indian players have gotten a lot of success at various tournaments in all over Sri Lanka in the last few years. You could be the next one. All tournament info photos are from tournament circular.
This December play a rating open in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Venue, Schedule and Eligibility
The tournament will take place at Chelva Palace, Kokuvil, Jaffna in Sri Lanka from 3rd to 7th December 2025. There are double rounds every day. Blitz event will take place on 4th December 2025. The tournament is open for all rated and unrated players.
Prizes
The total prize fund is LKR 2.4 Million. The top three prizes in the Open category are LKR 200000, 150000 and 100000 along with a trophy and medal each. There are 20 main prizes, 25 rating category prizes including unrated; Top 3 in Best Women and Best Senior (Above 50 years) player categories. Five age group - Under-7, Under-9, Under-11, Under-13 and Under-15 has trophies and medals each for the top three Boys and Girls. There are Mercantile/Corporate, School and Higher Education Sector (Above 18 years) prizes for the top three finishers too. Check the image below for more details.
Entry fees
Entry is free for GM, IM, WGM, WIM, FM, WFM and players rated above 2000 in both Classical and Blitz Open events. For all other players, please check the images below for entry fee structure in both Open and Blitz events.
Travel Grant
GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs having over 2200 Elo rating (2000 for Women) will be given a travel grant of US$ 150 or air ticket will be provided from Chennai to Jaffna.
Accommodation and Transport
Rules and Regulations
Check out the rules and regulations
Appeals and Payment details
Registration and Contact details
Indian success at this event
Download the tournament circular from our calendar.
Links
Jaffna District Chess Association fb page
