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Commonwealth Chess Championship 2017 |
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Monday, 03 July 2017 06:02 |
 The Commonwealth Chess Championship 2017 will be held from 2-10th July at the Leela Ambience Convention Hotel in New Delhi, India.
The event is organized by the Commonwealth Chess Association, All India Chess Federation and Delhi Chess Association.
The tournament will be conducted as per FIDE Laws of Chess and FIDE Swiss System with 9 rounds in Open and 7 rounds in each age category events. The age category events are conducted as separate age events for Open & Girls but where there are not enough players (10 players minimum), the organizers have the right to merge section.
Winner of the previous two championships was GM Abhijeet Gupta, who is attending to defend the title.
Prizes: Total Cash Prizes: Rs. 10,00,000/- (approx USD 15000)
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