EVENT · WINNING AMOUNT
Chess
Swiss format, 5 rounds, 15 minutes plus 5 seconds a move.
🏆 Chess Winning Prize ₹5,000
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Overview
Swiss format, 5 rounds, 15 minutes plus 5 seconds a move.
How to enter
Enter on this site. Tick this event on the nomination form, answer the few questions it asks, and your city SPOC does the rest.
How far it goes
City round first, then your zone, then the National Finale in Mumbai. The same path for every event.
Last date to nominate
There is none — nominations stay open. Enter as soon as you can, though: once your event has been played in your city you cannot be added to that draw.
Winning amount
Chess Winning Prize ₹5,000
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Eligibility
Open to all employees, all levels.
You need your employee ID to nominate — nothing else. No password, no account to create.
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Category
One open category — men and women play together.
The nomination form shows you only the categories you are eligible for, so you cannot pick the wrong one by mistake.
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Rules
The same rule book everywhere, so a Mumbai draw and a Guwahati draw mean the same thing.
🎬 Watch the Chess rules in about a minute
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FIDE rules for rapid play.
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Touch-move applies.
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Illegal move: two minutes to the opponent; second illegal move loses.
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Tie-break on Buchholz.
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Format
Swiss format, 5 rounds, 15 minutes plus 5 seconds a move.
City round
Played at your own location. Winners carry forward to the zonal round.
Zonal round
City winners from across the zone meet at the zonal host city.
National Finale
The best of all six zones, in Mumbai. One champion for this event.
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Venue
Venues are confirmed city by city. Your own city page always carries the final word for your location.
Northern Avengers
City venues · to be announced
Zonal venue · to be announced
Southern Bahubalis
City venues · to be announced
Zonal venue · to be announced
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Date
CITY ROUND
5–9 Oct 2026
Set city by city — check the Dates & Venues page for yours.
ZONAL ROUND
16–17 Nov 2026
Set city by city — check the Dates & Venues page for yours.
NATIONAL GRAND FINALE
18–22 Jan 2027
Mumbai, for the best of all six zones.
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Draw
Draws are published city by city. Pick your zone and city on the Draws page and the Chess sheet opens there — or open your own city page.
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Results
A name reaches this board only after the zone mentor has verified the result.
City winners
Published city by city as each round finishes.
Zonal qualifiers
Name, employee ID and the city they came from.
National
The finale board in Mumbai, once the zonal rounds are done.
Photos
Pictures from the championship appear here as it happens.
NEED A HAND?
Start with your city SPOC, then your mentor
Fixtures, venues, draws and results are quickest with the people in your own city. Anything they cannot settle goes up to your zone mentor, and then to your zone owner.