Bijnor Open International FIDE Rating tournament kicks off from 30th November

by ChessBase India - 21/10/2023

If you have been waiting for a long time to get or increase your Classical FIDE Rating, then a great event is waiting for you at Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The first tournament of Uttar Pradesh Chess Booster Rating Series “Bijnor Open” will be held from 30th November to 3rd December. Only 200 players can take part in this seven-round tournament. The total prize fund of the event is Rs. 2 Lakh! More events of this series will be organized in the coming days. ChessBase India will be the main partner in this tournament, along with the main organizer Bijnor District Chess Association. The objective of this series is to grow the chess scene in Uttar Pradesh, so that new talents get more opportunities. If you want to be a part of this wonderful event, then register yourself for the tournament now! Find all the details in the article below.

Registration for Bijnor Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament has started

The Official banner of Bijnor Open International FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2023.

The Bijnor FIDE Rating Tournament is going to be organized in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh from 30th November to 3rd December 2023.

The tournament will be held at Vivek College, Moradabad Road, Bijnor.

There are limited seats in the tournament - only the first 200 people to register will get to play! The total prize fund of the tournament is Rs. 2,00,000. The tournament is open to all. A total of 7 rounds will played, with the time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment starting from move 1. In this event, the entry fee for players from Uttar Pradesh has been kept at Rs 500, and for players from other states it has been kept at Rs 700. To participate, scan the given QR code with your mobile camera.

The complete schedule and prize fund of the tournament. The winner will bag a cash prize of Rs. 40,000!

The most special thing in this event is that dormitory arrangements have been made for the players in the venue (Vivek College) itself, which will be free of cost! To avail this accomodation, you will have to apply while filling your form. Remember that this arrangement will be made on 29th November at 5 pm. These arrangements will be in place till the last day of the tournament, i.e. 3rd December. For the players, food is available in the college canteen for a minimal fee from 8 am to 8 pm. Apart from this, food arrangements have been made for only Rs 100, about which you will have to give information in advance in the application.

Other important information, and contact details of the tournament officials if you have any queries.

Experienced International Arbiter Vivek Sohani will be the Chief Arbiter of this tournament.

FIDE Instructor Niklesh Jain, who has been the organizer of hundreds of chess tournament, will be the tournament director at Bijnor Open.

ChessBase India will play the role of a major partner in this event. The Head of Hindi ChessBase India, FI Niklesh Jain himself will be present at the venue throughout the tournament! You will not only be able to read the daily round reports of the event, but will also get to watch videos from the tournament in the ChessBase India Channel.

The founder and CEO of ChessBase India, IM Sagar Shah will select the best game from each round of the tournament!

Starting rank of players

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg	Typ	Club/City
1	WIM	Franco Valencia, Angela	4403070	COL	2126		COLOMBIA
2	AIM	Gopal, Krishna Maheshwari	25174738	IND	1490	U16	Uttar Pradesh
3	ACM	Lalit, Jindal	25700383	IND	1332		UTTARAKHAND
4		Ujjwal, Chauhan	25953672	IND	1287	U18	Uttar Pradesh
5		Krishan, Kumar Baghel	45089990	IND	1286		Uttar Pradesh
6		Arnav, Agrawal	48779857	IND	1282	U14	UTTAR PRADESH
7		Arindam, Shukla	33480966	IND	1275	U12	UTTAR PRADESH
8		Kumar, Arpit	35057995	IND	1275		UTTAR PRADESH
9		Anant, Panwar	33469008	IND	1248		UTTAR PRADESH
10	ACM	Agrawal, Anay	366110180	IND	1186	U08	UTTAR PRADESH
11		Surender, Kumar	25928376	IND	1184		HARYANA
12		Dhruv, Gupta	48778591	IND	1174	U10	Uttar Pradesh
13		Utkrisht, Singh	33407649	IND	1170	U10	DELHI
14		Bhavishya, Chauhan	25953435	IND	1144	U18	Uttar Pradesh
15		Samriddhi, Tiwari	25187945	IND	1142	U14	UTTAR PRADESH
16		Archita, Agrawal	48784567	IND	1140	U12	UTTAR PRADESH
17		Ayaan, Trikha	88120686	IND	1111	U12	Uttar Pradesh
18		Somya,	48761966	IND	1069	U12	HARYANA
19	ACM	Deepanjali, Srivastava	33493731	IND	0	U08	UTTAR PRADESH
20		Abdul Ragib, Farooqui		IND	0		Uttar Pradesh

Check out the complete players list in chess-results

This article is translated by Himank Ghosh.

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