3rd Nagpur International Below 1600 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament gets inaugurated at the hands of Eminent Economist and Spokesperson of State BJP CA Milind Kanade in presence of Dr. Mrunal Naik, Director(Projects), Raisoni Group of Institutions in an Inauguration Ceremony held at G.H.Raisoni Institute of Information and Technology, Shraddha Park, Wadi Hingna Link Road, Nagpur on 13th August 2023. Shri Bhushan Shriwas, Organizing Secretary, IA Swapnil Bansod, Chief Arbiter and Shri S.S.Soman, Member, Observer Committee of MCA were present on the occasion. The inauguration ceremony was compered by Shri S.S.Soman.
The event is being organised by Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation in association with G.H. Raisoni Sport and Cultural Foundation and is recognised by Chess Association Nagpur, Maharashtra Chess Association, AICF and FIDE.
Chief Guest CA Milind Kanade inaugurated the event by playing a move on the Chess Board to mark the opening of the event.
The event is being played in time control of 30 minutes each with 30 seconds increment for each move.
The event has attracted a whopping 401 entries from 22 States of India out of which which 237 players are FIDE rated players. There are 57 female players. The entries also include 40 Veteran players.
Total Nine rounds will be played in the event spanning three days from 13th August 2023 to 15th August 2023.
IA Swapnil Bansod is the Chief Arbiter for the event who is being assisted by FA Shiva Iyer, FA Amit Tembhurne, FA Shubham Soni, SNA Prayas Ambade, SNA N. Nagalaxmi, SNA Sonal Tambi, SNA Shyam Agrawal, SNA Shrikant Bagde, SNA Bharti Dhote, Prathamesh Machave, Shishir Indurkar and Amit Bhongare.