Freelance Talents Chess Challenge 2020 #FTC2020

Freelance Talents Online Chess Challenge

Hi, one way to spread some cheer and kill time during the corona virus pandemic.

1) - Live matches, archiving and gifts.

2) - Platform - Chess24(dot)com.

3) - Interested folks can email me for registration (letsmohit@gmail.com).

4) - Required details: Name, Your Level in Chess - (Beginner, Average, Good, Expert) .

5) - Prizes for semi finalists and winner

6) - Deadline 4 PM, 21 March 2020 IST.

*Get the latest information from the Ministry of Health &Family Welfare about Covid-19 - https://www.mohfw.gov.in/

#Freelance_Talents #FreelanceTalents #FTC2020 #covid19 #coronavirus 

List of Freelance Talents Championship Winners (2013 to 2018)

Edit (June 2018) - 2017-18: Himanshu Mishra

Total Seasons - 5

Total Winners - 7

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Final Standings - Freelance Talents Championship 2013

Champion: Kapil Chandak (Captain Kapil)

Runner-up: Mohit Sharma (Trendster)

Bronze Medalist - Siddhant Shekhar

Semi Finalist - Rahul Ranjan 

5) - Daud Zaidi (Subt. Neel Eeshu) 

6) - Karan Virk

7) - Ranjana Sharma 

8) - Deven Pandey

9) - Shivam Pandya 

10) - Rishi Srivastava

11) - Priyashrav Bharadwaj (Subt. Ravi Shankar)

12) - Youdhveer Singh

13) - Mehfooz Ali

14) - Soumendra Majumder

15) - Prashant Vasava

16) - Srishti Yash Mudaliar

Parallel League Champion - Mr. James Linton

*Total Participants in International Freelance Talents Championship 2013 - 311

A BIG Thank you! Every participant, renowned judges and readers for making this event a success. This Blog got over half a million hits. For more mesmerizing statistics related to FTC 2013-14 - Watch This Video 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiE6mWleOfY

FTC 2013 Champion - Kapil Chandak

Congratulations to Mr. Kapil Chandak on winning the inaugural World Freelance Talents Championship. 

*Undefeated-Undisputed-Most Respected*

List of Prizes 

*) - Dedicated, customized Website www.kapilchandak.com for the Champion.

*) - Trophy & Certificate.

*) - 3 Comics Contract with Fenil Comics.

*) - Co-Authoring 2 Ebooks with Freelance Talents Team.

*) - Entries in Freelance Talents Anthologies (3-Book Series).

*) - Graphic Novel - "Kuhaas - The Mist" & multi-books, merchandise Gift Hamper.

Freelance Talents Championship : Semi Finals Details

 

 

Namastey! Everyone. After several rounds and eliminations out of total 311 Authors in inaugural Freelance Talents Writing Championship, I am among the final 4 writers just 2 steps away from the championship. :)

Freelance Talents Championship (2013-14) : Semi Finals Schedule & Rules

Semi Final # 1 : Kapil Chandak vs. Siddhant Shekhar

Semi Final # 2 : Mohit Sharma vs. Rahul Ranjan

*) - Themes - Comedy, Horror, Satire, Mythology, Fantasy, Drama, Science Fiction.

*) - Word Limit - 5000 Words, Minus 5 Penalty per 100 Words Bar.

*) - 5 Bonus-Brownie Points for using 2 or more themes in your entry (*based on Judges, if both authors use multiple genres…better entry in this criteria gets bonus).

*) - Deadline - Midnight 5 August 2013.

*) - More Info on Contest Thread.

Freelance Talents Championship 2013 Update

Final 16 Authors after 3 Rounds & Parallel League Competition with total 311 authors. Unfortunately, no challenger from the parallel league won their qualifier to get into top 16. 

 Eesh Khan 

Srishti Yash Mudaliar

Shivam Pandya 

Deven Pandey

Prashant Vasava 

Mohit Sharma

Soumendra Majumder 

Kapil Chandak

Rishi Srivastava 

Karan Virk

Youdhveer Singh 

Ranjana Sharma

Siddhant Shekhar 

Ravi Shankar

Mehfooz Ali

Rahul Ranjan

 

Match Schedule (Round 3) or Pre-Quarter Finals*

Based on mirrored pairing (sequencing - announcement of results, qualifying round winners are serially placed after 11 Round 2 winners who were not challenged in the qualifiers.)

Match 1 - Siddhant Shekhar vs. Srishti Yash Mudaliar

Match 2 - Shivam Pandya vs. Deven Pandey

Match 3 - Prashant Vasava vs. Mohit Sharma

Match 4 - Soumendra Majumder vs. Kapil Chandak

Match 5 - Rishi Srivastava vs. Karan Virk

Match 6 - Youdhveer Singh vs. Ranjana Sharma

Match 7 - Daud Zaidi (Replaces Eesh Khan) vs. Priyashrav Bhardwaj (Replaces Ravi Shankar)

Match 8 - Mehfooz Ali vs. Rahul Ranjan

[No walkover rule....if you are withdrawing your participation you can nominate any other author in his/her place who participated in the championship but was eliminated. (If the author goes on to win the match to reaches next round....both the writers share credit of the title as co-winners)]

* Eesh Khan nominated Daud Zaidi & Ravi Shankar nominated Priyashrav Bharadwaj which are now paired against each other.

*) - Theme : Mystery/Suspense

*) - Word Limit : 3500 Words (Penalty of minus 5 per 100 words)

Freelance Talents Championship Ad

 Inaugural Freelance Talents Championship is in its second round and entries are invited for wild card chance direct into the top 16 of the contest.

We’re looking for short stories, poems, articles on theme Love... ! Think you can write a winning entry in less than 2000 words? Enter the inaugural Freelance Talents Championship (Parallel League) for your chance to win graphic novels, books, comics and get published in Freelance Talents Anthology (Volume - I & II)....and a direct shot at top 16 spot.

How to Enter: Email your entries - letsmohit@gmail.com with FT Championship & your name as email subject line, you can also message me your entries here (FB). FREE to enter!

Deadline - 24 June 2013 (11 PM) IST

Theme - Love (Umbrella theme which includes family love, friends love...society love...celebrity love, profession love..and so on...
P.S. ....and of course, the good old romance).