16 players play each other once at rapid chess over 4 days 15 minutes per player, with a 10-second increment after each move 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw A win is worth $150, a draw $50 $18,000 total prize fund Each draw adds $50 to a Season Bonus Fund that starts at $3,000 The winner of each event qualifies to play in a stage of the main Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and also for the $25,000 8-player knockout final of the MPL Indian Chess Tour. Apart from the leg winners, the remaining players in the final will be determined by the overall MPL Indian Chess Tour standings.