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by Shahid Ahmed - 09/11/2023

Kashvi Chess School Kundapura invites you to1st Kashvi's Rapid Rating Open 2023. The inaugural edition of this rapid rating open is offering a total prize fund of 2600000. The firstprize is105000. There are 16 prizes which has a prize of 50000 or more. Total 165 prizes are up for grabs. This is the highest everprize fund offered in a two-day rapid ratingopen tournament in India. It is exactly a month away from now. This is a tournament you cannot afford to miss especially if you like rapid rating open events. Entry is FREE for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. For everyone else, entry fee is 6500 till 20th November. After that, entry fee increases. Check out the article for all information. All tournament info photos are from tournament circular.

Kashvi's 1st Rapid Rating Open 2023 will take placeon 9th and 10th December

The tournament will take place at Indiana Convention Centre in Mangaluru, Karnataka on 9th and 10th December 2023. Check out the image below for tournamentrules and regulations.

Tournament rules and regulations

There will be five rounds on Saturday 9th December and four on Sunday 10th December 2023. Check out the image below for complete schedule of the tournament.

Tournament schedule

The total prize fund is 2600000. The overall top three prizes are 105000, 70000 and 50000 along with a trophy each There are 20 main prizes. Each of the five rating categories including Unrated has ten prizes each. The top three prizes in those categories are 50000, 25000 and 15000 along with a trophy each respectively.Each of the eight age group categories also have cash prizes along with a trophy. There top three prizes are 50000, 30000 and 20000 along with a trophy each. There are also Best Dakshina Kannada, Best Udupi, Best Women (Above 18 years), Specially Abled and Best Veteran (Above 55 years) prizes - they all have cash prizes. Apart from these, there are also special prizes in various age group categories which has a chess clock and trophy as the prize.

Prize details

Check out theofficial and arbiter panel in the image below:

Official and Arbiter panel names

Indiana Convention Centre in Mangaluru, Karnataka is the venue.

Tournament venue

Entry is FREE for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs.For everyone else, entry fee is 6500 till 20th November. From 21st - 30th November, entry fee will be 7500. From 1st to 8th December 2023, entry fee will be 8500. Check out the image below for all information including a selfie contest to win 10000 cash:

Important info about the tournament

IM Manish Anto Cristiano F is the sole confirmed titled player till now

Details

Official site

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