Cademic Chess Carnival 2023 offers a prize fund of ₹1299999, starts this Saturday 22nd April

Four consecutive rating tournaments in Kerala

We take immense pride and joy in informing you that we are organizing the first ever Chess Carnival in India “Cademic Chess Carnival” from 22nd April to 1st May 2023.  In this event, four international FIDE rated chess tournaments are organized back to back in four different time formats covering Classical open, Below, Rapid and Blitz events.

As a chess parent, I have been to many tournaments across the country, and even outside India. While many tournaments lacked quality, many good events were at the higher end when it comes to affordability.

We took upon a mission to conduct quality tournaments at an affordable cost. The first tournament was conducted in Aug 2022, that gave opportunity for 470 players from eleven Indian states and five federations to see first-hand, what we have to offer. Here is a link to our earlier event on ChessBase India.

While there were several learnings for us, as an organizing team, the event was a success in terms of its real intention – a good quality event at an affordable cost. Many positive feedbacks from players and parents made us believe, yes, we are on the right path to follow. One of the catchy comments from a parent was – ‘Players were treated with patience and parents were treated with respect’.

As the next step in this series, we are aiming higher than last time -  the first ever Chess Carnival in India “Cademic Chess Carnival” from 22nd April to 1st May 2023.  It is a ten day mega event with a total prize fund of ₹12,99,999/-

In order to make this ten day carnival really memorable for you, we have chosen the best venue possible - a beautiful beach front location. A venue very close to the Veli Tourist village in Trivandrum, the capital city of Kerala.

In this Carnival, we are bringing to you a lot more events through the days to celebrate Chess. These are meant to engage you all – players, parents and other chess enthusiasts together.

So, once again, we cordially invite you to spend a good 10 days during this summer holidays in the capital city of Kerala, Trivandrum along the beautiful and serine beach front. We really hope, this will be a trip that you will cherish for a long time.

Several titled players have already registered for the event. What are you waiting for?

Confirmed title players for Rapid and Blitz

List of registered Players for the 1st Cademic Chess Carnival:

Rapid

Details

Blitz

Details

Open

Details

Below 1600

Details

Summary

There will be a total of four tournaments. Rapid - 22nd and 23rd April, Blitz - 23rd April, Classical Rating Open - 24th to 28th April and Below 1600 - 29th April to 1st May 2023.

For registration: Click here.

For Enquiries:

97474 86494

99003 02302

99477 54122

89435 04084

99940 29796

90749 07893

Feedback from 1st Cademic Rating Open 2022

In addition to the several feedback we received from the players and parents through the course of the event, we received 100+ written feedbacks. Its our pleasure, to share a few below:

“Congratulations Cademic team, for your efficient, professional approach in planning, executing the very 1st event. We witnessed great commitment and passion from the team. Kudos to all organizers, arbiters. Thank you and we wish many such events from Cademic.”

“Thanks for efficiently conducting this event- tournament fee, food - both were economical. Tournament started on time for all rounds, kids were treated with patience. Parents are treated with respect. Enough seating as well. All our questions were answered, without changing the group to admin only. Thanks again and looking forward for more tournaments from the organisers.”

“Very well organised. Thanks for giving such an opportunity. Looking forward for more successful endeavour from the same team... 👍👍👍”

“Very well organised tournament.. Very good venue and arrangements.. Congratulations to the whole team. Best tournament played so far. Looking forward to such tournaments in the future .”

“Well organised tournament. Venue, timing, food everything super. Congrats to team worked behind. You set a mark. Thank you”

“I got  a lot of energy and inspiration through this tournament. Again I say a wonderful organising and a great atmosphere. Lucky to be part of this great event”

“Well organized tournament ✅

Always punctual ✅

Nice venue for a chess tournament ✅

Rectified the mistakes quickly that pointed out in the reviews✅

Soft handling with kids and parents ✅

Good team performance ✅

Kudos guys... Keep it up😇”

“Yes, team did a great job!! Highly appreciate your proactive communication on arrangements and action on inputs!!!”

“It is very wonderful tournament with excellent coordination and well organized.  We expect same types of tournaments in future in Trivandrum city”

“Overall coordination, pleasant environment for playing the chess, sufficient place for accommodating the players and the companions.”

“Conducted with comparatively low/reasonable charges, professional approach, compassionate attitude.”

“Congratulations to all the winners of the tournament. Kudos to the organisers for a fantastic tournament, neatly organised and the care you took of these small children.👍”

Links

Cademic Chess Center: Official site and facebook

About the Author

Smitha Selvi is an International Arbiter. She is the Tounament Director of 1st Cademic Chess Carnival and also the mother of a budding chess player who plays tournaments all over the world.

Related news:

	John Veny Akkarakaran wins YMCA 4th Chessmii Rapid Rating Open 2024 @ 26/11/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Sandeep Santhosh wins 4th ISC Triumph Cup Below 1800 Rating Tournament 2024 @ 11/07/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	FIDE Arbiter Unni Krishnan dominates 33rd CUSAT Rating Open 2024 @ 26/06/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	13-year-old Goutham Krishna dominates 3rd Chessmii Rapid Rating Open 2024 @ 27/04/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Augustin awesome at Anatoly Karpov Legacy Rating Open 2024 @ 17/04/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Christ College Irinjalakuda, Kerala, pioneers Chess Literacy in Physical Education @ 07/02/2024 by Peter Joseph M (en)
	Nimmy A G becomes Kerala's first Woman International Master @ 01/12/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Che International Chess Festival 2023: Praggnanandhaa beats Nihal 7.5 - 2.5 in their first-ever Blitz match @ 23/11/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Che International Chess Festival 2023: Kerala wins against Cuba 42.5 - 37.5 @ 19/11/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	केरल VS क्यूबा - पहले दिन क्यूबा नें 21-19 से आगे @ 17/11/2023 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
	Kerala vs Cuba, Nihal vs Praggnanandhaa set to take place at Che International Chess Festival 2023 @ 15/11/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Yash Kulhari wins 1st Dhoni's Trophy Below 1600 Rating Tournament 2023 @ 11/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Shadhursshaan clinches 1st Dhoni's Trophy Rating Open 2023 @ 16/07/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Marthandan wins 32nd CUSAT Rating Open 2023 @ 21/06/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	A visit to God's Own Country @ 14/06/2023 by Aditya Sur Roy (en)
	Arpith S Bijoy wins Cademic Chess Carnival Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 20/05/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Ratnakaran wins Cademic Chess Carnival - 3rd Cademic Blitz Rating Open 2023 @ 19/05/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Simultaneous Chess Exhibition with Grandmaster S L Narayanan @ 02/05/2023 by Abhijith M (en)
	Ravi Teja wins CCS Chess Festival Blitz Rating Open 2023 @ 15/04/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Jubin Jimmy jubilant at CCS Chess Festival Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 11/04/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Chakravarthi Reddy dominates CCS Chess Festival Rating Open 2023 @ 07/04/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Satheesh wins Chalakudy Chess Academy Below 1600 Rating Tournament 2023 @ 01/03/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	14-year-old Sreyas Payyappat wins Johnson Pallippatt Memorial 7th Don Bosco Rating Open 2022 @ 21/01/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Abhijith triumphs at 2nd ISC Below 1700 Rating Tournament 2022 @ 12/01/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Prasannaa wins 1st ISC Rating Open 2022 @ 08/11/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Mithun Anand V wins 1st Cademic International Rating Open 2022 @ 08/09/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Rakesh Kumar Jena does a hat-trick by clinching BYJU's Starwarz Rating Open 2022 @ 01/09/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Manigandan triumphs at 31st CUSAT Rating Open Chess Tournament 2022 @ 26/06/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Hrithickkesh P R clinches 5th Adith Paulson Memorial Don Bosco Rating Open 2021 @ 14/01/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Chandar Raju clinches 58th Kerala State Senior Open 2021 @ 04/04/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Sooraj shines at Adith Paulson Memorial 4th Don Bosco Open @ 14/10/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	IM Neelash Saha and Samriddhaa Ghosh win 30th National under-17 2019 @ 09/07/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	S Prasanna wins Ananthapuri Parents 1st Open 2019 @ 13/05/2019 by Rejith LR (en)
	S Prasanna wins 4 Queens 2nd FIDE Rated Open 2019 @ 10/05/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)