Amir Zahoor Butt won the Serena Azadi Cup Rapid FIDE Rated Chess Championship organized of NM Muhammad Zahid with the support and sponsorship by Kingcrete Builders, under the umbrella of Chess Federation of Pakistan. It was the first ever chess tournament in the country conducted in the 5 Star Pearl-continental Hotel Lahore. Players were provided with all possible facilities including refreshments and lunch. The total tash Prize for the one day event was 150,000/ rp, the biggest to date.

The Event was a 6 Round Swiss league with time control of 15 minutes for the whole game with 5 seconds increment from move 1.

The Event was organized in 3 major categories:

Serena Azadi Cup FIDE Rated Rapid Chess Championship 2021 (Open)

Serena Azadi Cup FIDE Rated Rapid Chess Championship 2021 (Woman)

Serena Azadi Cup FIDE Rated Rapid Chess Championship 2021 (Junior U20, U15 & U10)

Visit chess-results.com for round by round pairings and results.

Total participants in the event were 130, The Chief Guest was Sikandar Minhas.

Amir Zahoor Butt won the championship with a perfect score of 6 out of 6.

Junaid Sohail got 1st place in U20 and 5th overall 👍🏻

WCM Mehak Gul Won women category with 5 out of 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serena Azadi Cup Rapid FIDE Rated Chess Championship was organized by NM Muhammad Zahid and his dedicated team with the Support and sponsorship by KINGCRETE Builders, under the umbrella of Chess Federation of Pakistan and Asian Chess Federation. It was the First ever chess tournament in country conducted in a 5 Star Pearl-continental Hotel Lahore. Players were provided with all possible facilities including refreshments and Lunch. The Total Cash Prize for the one day event was 150000/ rp, the biggest till date.