Tournaments
2025 Hong Bao Blitz Chess Tournament
The event is organised by the Singapore Chess Federation. All events are played under the FIDE Laws of Chess.
Dress Code
Casual with covered shoes. Sandals and flip-flops are strictly forbidden.
Chief Arbiter and/or Tournament Director reserves the right to remove individuals who flout this rule until dress code has been rectified.
Venue: Singapore Chess Federation – 51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799 #02-01A
Schedule:
| Date | Time | Event |
| 1st February Saturday | 845AM | Arbiter’s Briefing |
| 915AM | Round 1 | |
| 930AM | Round 2 | |
| 945AM | Round 3 | |
| 1000AM | Round 4 | |
| 1015AM | Round 5 | |
| 1030AM | Round 6 | |
| 1045AM | Break | |
| 11AM | Round 7 | |
| 1115AM | Round 8 | |
| 1130AM | Round 9 | |
| 1145AM | Round 10 | |
| 12PM | Round 11 | |
| 1230PM | Prize Presentation for BLITZ* |
*Prize Presentation may be brought forward if last round completes ahead of time
Format and Time Control:
11 Rounds Swiss System and 3mins with 2 second increment from move 1.
Default time – when clock runs to zero.
Tie Break:
1. Direct encounter
2. Buchholz Cut 1
3. Buchholz
4. Sonnenborn Berger
5. Cumulative system – Sum of Progressive Scores (Sum of Progressive Scores: After each round a player has a certain tournament score. These scores are added to determine the total Sum of Progressive Score)
Category:
OPEN – Blitz FIDE Rated, Open to all
FIDE ID is compulsory for all players. Participants with ineligible FIDE ID will not be allowed to participate in this event.
**Prizes:
Open
1st – $388 ; 2nd – $288 ; 3rd – $168 ; 4th to 8th – $68 each
Women
1st – $288; 2nd – $188, 3rd to 5th – $68 each
Trophies for Top 10 and Top 3 Ladies.
There will be no sharing of cash prizes in the event of tie.
**All individuals are expected to attend the prize ceremony. Price recipients who fail to attend the prize ceremony will forfeit their prize.
Ratings are based on STANDARD or BLITZ ratings, whichever is higher. RAPID ratings DO NOT count below.
Rating Band | Public | SCF Members or Players registered in SCF Programmes* |
Unrated | $76.3 | $61.04 |
Rated | $65.4 | $52.32 |
GM/WGM or IM/WIM | Free | |
Para Athlete | Free | |
*This applies for Chess courses from Beginner to Developmental or under National Training Programmes
Registration Link: Click here to sign up
Closing Deadline: 27 Jan 6pm or first 200 entries.
Late entries and entries without payment will not be accepted.
Entry fees are strictly non-refundable. Organiser reserves the right to reject any entries without any assigning reasons.
Disputes:
In the event of any disputes, the Chief Arbiter’s decision is final and no further correspondence shall be entertained after the tournament.