DreamHack Rapid & Blitz 2025: Lightning Chess, Thunderous ₹5,00,000 Prize Pool
Dreamhack Rapid and Blitz 2025 will take place from 31st Oct to 2nd Nov in Hyderabad, Telangana. Total ₹500000 prize fund is up for grabs, ₹300000 for Rapid and ₹200000 for Blitz. Entry is FREE for GM, IM, WGM and WIM. For everyone else, entry fee is ₹1391 for both events. This tournament is unlike any other as it takes place inside a gaming convention, which means loud music and noise will be there throughout the day. So if you haven't registered yet, do it right away. Whoever can block out the noise, focus on their game, will win big and become the champion.
Fourth edition will take place from 31st Oct - 2nd November
Entry fee
Entry is free for GM, IM, WGM and WIMs. They must write an email to: write2arbitervivek@gmail.com, stating their name and FIDE ID. For everyone else, entry fee is ₹1391 for both events. For those who only wish to play the Blitz event on Sunday 17th November, they can purchase the Sunday ticket worth ₹899 (Taxes extra) and write 'Chess' in the comments box while purchasing. You can buy the tickets here. Please read carefully while buying the tickets.
Prizes
Total prize fund for Rapid: ₹300000, for Blitz: ₹200000. Check out the image below for entire prize details of both Rapid and Blitz events:
Note: 31.2% tax will be deducted for prizes totalling ₹10000 or more collective in both the events.
Rules and Regulations:
Check out the Rules and Regulations mentioned in the image below:
Four rounds of Rapid will take place on 31st October 2025. Five rounds of Rapid games will be played on Saturday 1st November 2025. Nine rounds of Blitz will happen on Sunday 2nd November 2025. Check out the image below for the timings.
Buy tickets: Tickets can be brought on Dreamhack or Circlechess
Winners from previous Editions :
Winners from Second Edition (2022) | ||||||
Rapid | Blitz | |||||
Rk. | Name | Rk. | Name | |||
1 | GM | Lalit Babu M R | 1 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | |
2 | GM | Harsha Bharathakoti | 2 | GM | Sankalp Gupta | |
3 | IM | Prraneeth Vuppala | 3 | IM | Krishnater Kushager | |
Winners from Second Edition (2023) | ||||||
Rapid | Blitz | |||||
Rk. | Name | Rk. | Name | |||
1 | IM | Nitish Belurkar | 1 | GM | Karthik, Venkataraman | |
2 | IM | Viani Antonio Dcunha | 2 | IM | Sammed Jaykumar, Shete | |
3 | IM | Harikrishnan.A.Ra | 3 | IM | Nitish, Belurkar | |
Winners from Second Edition (2024) | ||||||
Rapid | Blitz | |||||
Rk. | Name | Rk. | Name | |||
1 | FM | Wagh Suyog | 1 | FM | Wagh Suyog | |
2 | Sri Sai Baswanth P | 2 | IM | Harshavardhan G B | ||
3 | IM | Harshavardhan G B | 3 | Samuel Stephen Noble S | ||
Links
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DreamHack Rapid & Blitz 2025: Play Rapid Chess for a ₹5,00,000 Prize Pool!
@ 05/10/2025 by Vivek Sohani (en) |