ORGANISED BY: Bhubaneswar Chess Association (BCA)
September 8 to 10
CONTACT PERSONS: BCA secretary AB Mohanty (Mobile: 9437763804), BCA tournament director Debasis Panigrahi (Mobile: 9938318787, 9438571659).
DESCRIPTION:
* The tournament is a tribute to Sundeep Mohanty, an engineering student of Krupajal engineering college and a good chess player who died in a road accident in August, 2007 at the age of 20.
* The tournament offers a total cash prize of Rs 15,000 for the top 20 finishers.
* The champion will receive Rs 4000 and the runner-up Rs 2600.
* Santosh Sinha of Puri is the last year’s champion.
* This will be an 8-round Swiss tournament.
* The entry fees is Rs 170.