Golden Knights Chess Academy 2nd International FIDE Rating

Open Chess Tournament 2024

(AICF Event Code: 394437/TN/2024)
(TNSCA Approval No: RO-12/MDU/24-25)
Organized by
Golden Knights Chess Academy
(Affiliated to Madurai District Chess Circle)
Date: 26.04.2025 - 30.04.2025
Venue: Nadar Mahajan Sangam S.Vellaichamy Nadar College,
Nagamalai, Madurai-625019
Total Prize Money 5,00,001/- 75 cash prizes & 115 Trophies
Early Bird Entry Fee offer Rs. 2250/-. till 25.03.2025
Entry Fee Rs. 2500/-. till 22.04.2025
ENTRY FEE CAN BE PAID THROUGH WWW.SIGNINCHESS.COM

Prize Open Prize Open Divyang Players Madurai Players

1 50001+T 21 5000 4000 8000+T
2 40000+T 22 5000 3000 6000+T
3 30000+T 23 5000 Veteran 5000+T
4 20000 24 5000 4000 4000
5 15000 25 5000 3000 3000
6 10000 26 4000 Women 3000
7 10000 27 4000 4000 3000
8 9000 28 4000 3000 Visually disabled
9 9000 29 4000 4000
10 8000 30 4000 3000
Prize Unrated 1400-1550 1551-1700
11 7000 1 8000+T 10000+T 10000+T
12 6000 2 6000+T 8000+T 8000+T
13 6000 3 5000+T 6000+T 6000+T
14 6000 4 4000 5000 5000
15 6000 5 4000 4000 4000
16 5000 6 3000 3000 3000
17 5000 7 3000 3000 3000
18 5000 8 3000 3000 3000
19 5000 9 3000 3000 3000
20 5000 10 3000 3000 3000
 Category Prizes-Open Only for Madurai Players
Under-7 Boys & Girls 5 Trophies Each Under-7 Boys & Girls 5 Trophies Each
Under-9 Boys & Girls 5 Trophies Each Under-9 Boys & Girls 5 Trophies Each
Under-11 Boys & Girls 5 Trophies Each Under-11 Boys & Girls 5 Trophies Each
Under-13 Boys & Girls 5 Trophies Each Under-13 Boys & Girls 5 Trophies Each
Under-15 Boys & Girls 5 Trophies Each Under-15 Boys & Girls 5 Trophies Each

SCHEDULE
26.04.2025 PLAYERs' MEETING 10.30 A.M.
26.04.2025 ROUND 1 11.00 A.M.
26.04.2025 ROUND 2 03.30 P.M.
27.04.2025 ROUND 3 09.00 A.M.
27.04.2025 ROUND 4 02.30 P.M.
28.04.2025 ROUND 5 09.00 A.M.
28.04.2025 ROUND 6 02.30 P.M.
29.04.2025 ROUND 7 09.00 A.M.
29.04.2025 ROUND 8 02.30 P.M.
30.04.2025 ROUND 9 09.00 A.M.
30.04.2025 PRIZE DISTRIBUTION 02.30 P.M.

Entry Details: Entries Should be sent on or before 6.00p.m on 22.04.2025 with DD in favour of “ Golden
Knights Chess Academy” payable at Madurai or NEFT/ Deposit in bank account with State Bank of India,Bye-
pass road, Madurai, A/C No:35405860515 with IFSC Code: SBIN0011068. Those who have paid through bank
or online payment have to send/ mail the scanned copy of the bank receipt / Challan to this number
9944564728.

Rules and Regulations:

The Latest FIDE Rules in force shall apply and the Swiss system will be
System of Play
followed.
Mode of
Total nine rounds shall be played.
Tournament
Time Control 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move from move no.1
 Buchholz tie-break system will be applied. In case of tie, prizes will not be
Tie break
shared.
Accommodation Players have to make their own accommodation
AICF player registration is compulsory for all Indian players. AICF Player
Registration fee is Rs. 300/- for the year 2025-2026. As per latest AICF
regulation dated 31.07.2017, it is informed that from 01 September, 2017 all
AICF registrations will be accepted only through online. Players / Arbiters
registration should be done well before the start of event (Tournament). New
entrants to the field of chess are informed that AICF players registration is
AICF Player mandatory and it should be done well before participating in any tournament. For
renewing AICF registration of existing players, please click
Registration
http://aicf.in/players/For fresh AICF registration please click http://aicf.in/online-
player-registration/
For fresh AICF registration, players are requested to keep their scanned passport
size photograph and birth certificate and a valid email address (unique) not used
by any other person/ player for AICF, ready before the registration process.
Note : Only passport size (less than 1MB) photographs in jpeg format should be
uploaded.
TNSCA player registration is compulsory for all Tamil Nadu players. TNSCA
Player Registration fee is Rs.150/- for the year 2025-2026. Players / Arbiters
registration should be done well before the start of event (Tournament). New
entrants to the field of chess are informed that TNSCA players registration is
mandatory and it should be done well before participating in any tournament.
TNSCA Player For renewing TNSCA player registration of existing players, please click
Registration https://registration.tamilchess.com/. For fresh TNSCA registration please click
https://registration.tamilchess.com/new-register/ For fresh TNSCA registration,
players are requested to keep their scanned passport size photograph and birth
certificate and a valid email address ready before the registration process.
Note : Only passport size (less than 1 MB) photographs in jpeg format should be
uploaded..
Madurai District
Player Madurai DCC Registration fee is Rs.75/- for the year 2025 – 2026 (for Madurai
Registration district players only)

Protests if any, against the decision of the Chief Arbiter shall be made in writing
with protest fee of Rs.1000/- within 15 minutes of the occurrence of the incident
Protests
to the appeals committee. The protest fee will be refunded if the appeal is
upheld.
Before the commencement of the Tournament, appeals committee will be formed
Appeals
from the senior participants present at the players meeting. The appeals
Committee
committee decisions will be final and binding on all players concerned.
A player may withdraw at any stage of the event, after informing the chief arbiter
Withdrawals
in writing
Last date Entries close at 6.00 P.M on 22-04-2025
Rights of The AICF/ TNSCA/ Madurai DCC/organizer Golden Knights Chess Academy
admission reserve the rights of admission to the venue.
Chief Arbiter IA Ganesh Babu S
AICF has banned the wrist watches while playing in FIDE Rated events. Players are
Wrist watches instructed not to wear any kind of wrist watches while playing.
For Further Details Contact:
Golden Knights Chess Academy
Mr. S Ganesh Babu, Secretary 9944564728 Mr. B Arasu - 8884313656
Mr. S S Manigandan, Joint Secretary-7200300258
Mr. M Dusthageer Ibrahim, Joint Secretary - 7200199495

Golden Knights Chess Academy

G. Sabapathy S. Ganesh Babu R M Subramanian

President, GKCA Secretary, GKCA Treasurer, GKCA

Best Wishes from

Mr.P Pragadesh
Joint Secretary,TNSCA

Madurai District Chess Circle

Mr.K Kanagarajan Mrs. S M Nilofer Fathima

Founder President, MDCC President, MDCC

Mr.P Uma Maheswaran Mr. G Nagarajan

Secretary, MDCC Treasurer, MDCC