Your chance to play at DreamHack Rapid and Blitz with a prize fund of Rs.10 lakh

by Himank Ghosh - 18/10/2022

DreamHack India is the biggest gaming festival in the country. To be held in Hyderabad from 4th to 6th of November 2022, it will witness the gathering of over 20,000 gamers from all across the country! This year, chess has been introduced as a part of the DreamHack. In order to make it like a chess festival, we have the DreamHack Rapid and Blitz with a massive prize fund of Rs.10 lakh! Check out this article to know all about this event which is open to all. There are many prizes and several IMs and GMs have confirmed their participation already.

DreamHack Rapid and Blitz Tournament 2022

The DreamHack Rapid and Blitz tournament will be open to all and will have a total prize fund of Rs.10,00,000. 4th and 5th of November will be the rapid event, while 6th of November will be the Blitz event. The Rapid event has a prize fund of Rs.7,50,000 and the blitz event Rs.2,50,000. The rapid event will have a time control of 15 mins + 10 seconds of increment and 9 rounds (4 rounds on day 1 and 5 rounds on day 2). The blitz event will have a time control of 3 mins + 2 seconds and will have 11 rounds on day 3.

The event is jointly organized by Nodwin Gaming, Samay Raina, and ChessBase India! It'll be held in Hitex Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad.

IM Sagar Shah explains all the details of the event

Prize structure

The tournament boasts a huge prize fund, and the following is the Prize structure of the Rapid event:

With loads of rating and age category prizes, play good chess and you'll grab a nice reward!

The Blitz event will have the following prize structure:

Unrated players need not worry - there are category prizes for you too!

The Rulebook

Like every other tournament, the Dreamhack Rapid and Blitz will also abide by a set of rules and regulations. Take a close look at this before playing, so that you don't have to worry about anything during the event!

Make sure to register for the event before 1st November 2022, entries will be closed after that!

How do I register for the event?

There's a 3 in 1 offer for you! With just Rs.1299, you get the opportunity to join the entire Dreamhack event. Apart from the Rapid and Blitz tournament entry, this includes viewing Comedians over the Board, ChessBase India Originals Deathmatch 2.0 between Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi, and Life is Unfair simul.

For any queries, you can always email ChessAtDreamhack@nodwin.com

Entries/tickets can be booked at:

1. Book my Show

2. Mera events

3. Paytm Insider

Players List

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	5078776	IND	2574
2	IM	Krishna C R G	5018625	IND	2380
3	GM	Raja Rithvik R	35007394	IND	2370
4	IM	Ravi Teja S.	5017220	IND	2362
5	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	5053196	IND	2339
6		Praveen Prasad P.	5014549	IND	2222
7	CM	Shaik Sumer Arsh	45020000	IND	2190
8		Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi	25033220	IND	2164
9	FM	Matta Vinay Kumar	5016649	IND	2154
10	WFM	Toshali V	5072611	IND	1973
11		Medwin V. John	5028760	IND	1808
12		Ramchandar Rao D	46600558	IND	1698
13		Jenil Shah	25049445	IND	1678
14		K Ashleesh	25097458	IND	1678
15		Nirgun Keval	35099957	IND	1664
16	AIM	Kandi Ravi	5007607	IND	1569
17	WCM	Kheerthi Ganta	25626280	IND	1561
18		Arun Kumar A	25042149	IND	1554
19		Soumyadip Deb	25081810	IND	1401
20		Rithvik R	25781324	IND	1389
21		Natura Bethi	25048864	IND	1385
22		Rajinesh Chintala	45065357	IND	1383
23		Gyaneshwar B	46627065	IND	1366
24		Sai Manohar K V	35010727	IND	1342
25		Rohith N	25957040	IND	1337

View the entire list here

Venue and Schedule

The tournament will be held in Hitex exhibition Centre, Hyderabad from November 4th-6th. Here's the full schedule of events:

Schedule for the Rapid event on November 4th-5th

The Schedule for the Blitz event

Here are some of the hotels that we recommend you to stay at which are close to the venue. You can check them out on any online portal like booking.com