ORGANISED BY: All Orissa Chess Association (AOCA), in association with Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT)
CONTACT PERSONS: AOCA President Gobinda Chandra Mohapatra (Mob: 94370-45464), Secretary Debabrata Bhatta (Mob: 94370-93970), Vice-President Basant Kumar Dash (Mob: 94373-60158), Treasurer Bhabesh Mohanty (Mob: 99378-86372), EC Member Pradeep Kumar Mohanty (Mob: 99370-53637), International Arbiter Suresh Chandra Sahoo (Mob: 93370-33001), International Arbiter Nihar Ranjan Sasmal (Mob: 82496-17893), International Arbiter Tapas Kumar Mohanty (Mob: 94377-53555) and IM Sekhar Chandra Sahu (Mob: 70484-13788).

ENTRY FEE:
Category-A: Free for GMs, IMs and WGMs. For others Rs 1500. For Rating 2300 & above Rs 6,000 and Rating 2299 & below Rs 6,500.
Category-B & C: Genera Rs 3,000. For Odisha players Rs 2,500.

PRIZE FUND:
Total Rs 25 lakh
Category-A: Rs 13 lakh, including Rs 2 lakh for the champion.
Category-B & C: Rs 6 lakh, including Rs 60,000 for the champion.

DESCRIPTION:
*     The Festival will feature competition in Category-A (Rating 2000 & Above), Category-B (Rating 1900 & Below) and Category-C (Rating 1600 & Below).
*     Category A and B will feature 10 rounds, while Category C will have nine rounds.