Details

Rules and regulations:

1. It is an individual event.
2. There will be two rounds: Round 1 and Round 2.
3. Round 1 will be a question-answer round. There will be 15 questions, following the pattern given below:

 

NO. OF QUESTIONS	POINTS
8	1         (1*8=8)
2	3         (3*2=6)
2	4         (2*4=8)
2	5         (5*2=10)
1	8         (8*1=8)
TOTAL=15	TOTAL=40

 

N.B.: The questions will be based on the game of chess, interlinked with mathematics. The assigned points will be awarded to an absolutely correct answer only. There will be no partial marking as well as no negative marking for wrong answers.

4. The points scored by a participant by answering a question correctly in Round 1 correspond to a particular piece of chess. For example, if a participant answers a question of 3 points correctly, he/she will earn a bishop. Similarly, if he/she answers a question of 4 points correctly, he/she will earn a knight.

Following is the list of pieces corresponding to the points:

 

POINT	PIECE
1	Pawn
3	Bishop
4	Knight
5	Rook
8	Queen

 

5. Time allotted for Round 1 is 45 minutes. The top 6 scorers of Round 1 will be selected for Round 2.
6. In Round 2, the participants will play a chess game only with those pieces which they had earned in Round 1. For example, if you earn 6 pawns, 2 knights and 2 bishops, you will play with these 10 (6+2+2) pieces and the King.
7. Round 2 will continue for 20 minutes. The top three participants will be the winners of the chess game. Among the three, first, second and third position holders will be based on the time they take to finish the game in Round 2.

 

 

TIE BREAKING:

 

ROUND 1: If two or more participants secure the same scores, priority will be given to the one who is able to solve questions of higher points.

 

ROUND 2: If the chess game exceeds 20 minutes, the winner will be selected on the basis of their aggregate scores of Round 1 and Round 2.

Rules and regulations:

1. It is an individual event.
2. There will be two rounds: Round 1 and Round 2.
3. Round 1 will be a question-answer round. There will be 15 questions, following the pattern given below:

 

NO. OF QUESTIONS	POINTS
8	1         (1*8=8)
2	3         (3*2=6)
2	4         (2*4=8)
2	5         (5*2=10)
1	8         (8*1=8)
TOTAL=15	TOTAL=40

 

N.B.: The questions will be based on the game of chess, interlinked with mathematics. The assigned points will be awarded to an absolutely correct answer only. There will be no partial marking as well as no negative marking for wrong answers.

4. The points scored by a participant by answering a question correctly in Round 1 correspond to a particular piece of chess. For example, if a participant answers a question of 3 points correctly, he/she will earn a bishop. Similarly, if he/she answers a question of 4 points correctly, he/she will earn a knight.

Following is the list of pieces corresponding to the points:

 

POINT	PIECE
1	Pawn
3	Bishop
4	Knight
5	Rook
8	Queen

 

5. Time allotted for Round 1 is 45 minutes. The top 6 scorers of Round 1 will be selected for Round 2.
6. In Round 2, the participants will play a chess game only with those pieces which they had earned in Round 1. For example, if you earn 6 pawns, 2 knights and 2 bishops, you will play with these 10 (6+2+2) pieces and the King.
7. Round 2 will continue for 20 minutes. The top three participants will be the winners of the chess game. Among the three, first, second and third position holders will be based on the time they take to finish the game in Round 2.

 

 

TIE BREAKING:

 

ROUND 1: If two or more participants secure the same scores, priority will be given to the one who is able to solve questions of higher points.

 

ROUND 2: If the chess game exceeds 20 minutes, the winner will be selected on the basis of their aggregate scores of Round 1 and Round 2.

Registration Fees

Prize

Contact