Event 3 Details

 

Last year's winner: IM Michael Concio





Event 3 details

Event 3: Merdeka Blitz Chess Championship

• Official Name:
  • Merdeka Blitz Chess Championship [1-10].
  • Also explicitly referred to as Malaysian Chess Festival MERDEKA BLITZ 2025 [2, 4, 10].
• Dates:
  • The event is scheduled for September 13th, 2025 (Saturday) [1-7, 9-11].
• Organizer: DAT Chess Centre (implied as the organizer of the entire festival) [12].
• Venue: KL Gateway Mall [2, 4, 10, 12, 13].
• Time:
  • The event is scheduled to start at 18:30 (6:30 PM) [2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 14-17].

Format & Time Control

• Format: 7-9 Rounds Swiss system [2, 4, 6, 7, 10]. Players will play against others with similar scores as the tournament progresses [6].
• Time Control: Each player will have 3 minutes per game plus a 2-second increment per move [2, 4, 6, 7, 10]. This is described as a "fast" or "really fast" pace [6].

Entry Fees & Registration

• Entry Fee: The entrance fee for this event is RM 60 [2, 4, 6, 10].

Prizes

• Total Prize Fund: The total prize fund for the Merdeka Blitz Chess Championship is RM 2,500 [6, 18].
• Individual Prizes:

  Rank	Prize (RM)
  1	500 [2, 4, 10]
  2	300 [2, 4, 10]
  3	250 [2, 4, 10]
  4	200 [2, 4, 10]
  5 - 6	150 [2, 4, 10]
  7 - 8	100 [2, 4, 10]
  9	90 [2, 4, 10]
  10 - 11	80 [2, 4, 10]
  12 - 16	60 [2, 4, 10]
  17 - 20	50 [2, 4, 10]