Kanpur will host the MPL 58th National chess championship at the Ganges Club from February 25 to March 3.
The All India Chess Federation (AICF) was due to hold its flagship event, offering a prize-fund of ₹30 lakh, from February 9. Since the voting in the city for the ongoing Assembly Elections clashed with the previous dates, the event was rescheduled.
The duration of the event was cut down to a week by reducing the number of rounds from 13 to 11 and holding two rounds on four days.
