Mitrabha Guha and Diptayan Ghosh headline National Rapid and Blitz Championships 2024

by Himank Ghosh - 03/03/2024

National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2024 will take place at Nashik, Maharashtra from 4th March. A total of 229 players have registered for the Rapid event, while 226 are slated to take part in the Blitz. The newly crowned Commonwealth Gold medalist - GM Mitrabha Guha is the top seed of the Rapid event, while GM Diptayan Ghosh is the highest rated in Blitz. 9 GMs, 21 IMs, 3 WGMs and 3 WIMs will be seen in action. The Rapid championship will run from 4th to 6th March, and the Blitz will take place on 7th March. Read on for more details. Photo: Amruta Mokal and Shahid Ahmed

Nashik hosts the National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2024

National Rapid and National Blitz Championships will take place from 4th to 7th March 2024, organized by the Nashik District Chess Association!

The venue of the tournament - Shankaracharya Sankul, Nashik

Schedule

Total 11 rounds of Rapid and 11 rounds of Blitz games will be played in the Swiss league format. The Rapid will be played from 4th to 6th March, and Blitz will be held on 7th March.

The tournament schedule for the Rapid event

Tournament schedule for Blitz

Prize structure

The total prize fund of the event is ₹650000, ₹400000 for Rapid, and ₹250000 for Blitz. The Rapid champion will be awarded with ₹75000, while the Blitz winner will receive ₹50000.

The prize details for Rapid and Blitz

The top seeds of the event

GM Mitrabha Guha (2466, WB) is the top seed of the Rapid event! He recently won the Gold medal at Commonwealth Chess Championships 2023-24, and took 3rd place in National Rapid last year | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Diptayan Ghosh (2547, WB) is the top seed of the Blitz event! | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Deep Sengupta (2433, WB) is the third seed in the Rapid section | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Karthik Venkataraman (2468, AP) is the third seed in Blitz

WGM Priyanka Nutakki is the highest rated woman in both the Rapid and Blitz events | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

WGM Swati Ghate (2168, MAH) is the second-highest rated woman in Rapid | Photo: Amruta Mokal

WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty (2162, ODI) is the third-highest rated woman in Rapid | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

WIM Arpita Mukherjee (2129, WB) is the second-highest rated woman in Blitz

Vrushali Umesh Deodhar (2115, MAH) is the third-highest rated woman in Blitz | Photo: Angela Franco

Players list of the National Rapid Championship

No.		Name	ID	FideID	FED	Rtg	sex	Club/City
1	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	3722021	5057000	IND	2466		West Bengal
2	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	144232021	5045207	IND	2441		Railway Sports Promotion Board
3	GM	Sengupta, Deep	6618202	5008352	IND	2433		Petroleum Sports Promotion Boa
4	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	124519202	25006479	IND	2427		Andhra Pradesh
5	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	879982021	25072846	IND	2422		Railway Sports Promotion Board
6	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala	109272021	46622373	IND	2416		Telangana
7	GM	Raja, Rithvik R	191042021	35007394	IND	2387		Telangana
8	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	5949202	5024218	IND	2340		Railway Sports Promotion Board
9	IM	Moksh, Amit Doshi	877352021	25064967	IND	2330		Gujarat
10	IM	Krishna, C R G	46782021	5018625	IND	2322		Railway Sports Promotion Board
11	GM	Sriram, Jha	122280202	5001668	IND	2310		Life Insurance Of Corporation
12	GM	Neelotpal, Das	47632021	5003512	IND	2291		Petroleum Sports Promotion Boa
13	IM	Sidhant, Mohapatra	11202021	5028698	IND	2290		Railway Sports Promotion Board
14	IM	Das, Arghyadip	111842021	5003610	IND	2289		West Bengal
15	IM	Sharma, Dinesh K.	28072021	5004110	IND	2287		Life Insurance Of Corporation
16	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh	996252021	5053196	IND	2269		Maharashtra
17	IM	Nitin, S.	70632021	5018277	IND	2266		Railway Sports Promotion Board
18	IM	Sammed, Jaykumar Shete	66282021	5073421	IND	2262		Maharashtra
19	IM	Raahul, V S	21122021	25035525	IND	2260		Tamil Nadu
20	WGM	Priyanka, Nutakki	22682021	25049615	IND	2255	w	Andhra Pradesh

Details

Players list of the National Blitz Championship

No.		Name	ID	FideID	FED	Rtg	Club/City
1	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	144232021	5045207	IND	2547	Railway Sports Promotion Board
2	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	3722021	5057000	IND	2534	West Bengal
3	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	124519202	25006479	IND	2468	Andhra Pradesh
4	IM	Ravi, Teja S.	71242021	5017220	IND	2428	Andhra Pradesh
5	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	879982021	25072846	IND	2417	Railway Sports Promotion Board
6	GM	Raja, Rithvik R	191042021	35007394	IND	2395	Telangana
7	IM	Krishna, C R G	46782021	5018625	IND	2386	Railway Sports Promotion Board
8	GM	Laxman, R.R.	869792021	5005361	IND	2379	Railway Sports Promotion Board
9	IM	Raahul, V S	21122021	25035525	IND	2368	Tamil Nadu
10	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala	109272021	46622373	IND	2359	Telangana
11	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	27252021	25033638	IND	2358	Telangana
12	GM	Sengupta, Deep	6618202	5008352	IND	2355	Petroleum Sports Promotion Boa
13	IM	Nitin, S.	70632021	5018277	IND	2353	Railway Sports Promotion Board
14	FM	Aradhya, Garg	187367202	25006746	IND	2348	Delhi
15	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	5949202	5024218	IND	2345	Railway Sports Promotion Board
16	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	48672021	5005507	IND	2343	Railway Sports Promotion Board
17	IM	Sharma, Dinesh K.	28072021	5004110	IND	2334	Life Insurance Of Corporation
18	FM	Vaz, Ethan	536532021	25940783	IND	2323	Goa
19	IM	Srihari, L R	29062021	46617116	IND	2322	Tamil Nadu
20	GM	Neelotpal, Das	47632021	5003512	IND	2317	Petroleum Sports Promotion Boa

Details

Time control

The rate of play shall be 15 minutes with an increment of 10 seconds additional time per move, starting from move number one for Rapid tournament, and 3 minutes with an increment of 2 seconds additional time per move, starting from move number one for Blitz Tournament.

System of play and default time for arrival to the board

We will be covering the event on-ground - Aditya Sur Roy from ChessBase India is travelling to Nashik to cover the National Rapid and Blitz Championships. Follow our newspage, social media handles, and YouTube channel for all the updates regarding the tournament!

Links

Tournament circular