Huge increase in prize-money of all chess Nationals

Open and women’s events in Kanput and Bheemavaram respectively

Come 2022 and the National chess championships, across the board, will see a massive hike of ₹76 lakh in prize-money.

With MPL Sports signing a ₹1 crore deal with the All India Chess Federation for the title-sponsorship of all its Nationals, the players from the under-8 to the seniors stand to gain heavily.

The National championships, both Open and for women will see a prize-fund hike of ₹10 lakh each, while the National junior gets the second biggest raise of ₹7.50 lakh and the National sub-juniors ₹6.50 lakh.