| Joel vs. Proshanto | - |
| Joel vs. Ted | Joel |
| Proshanto vs. Jonathan | Proshanto |
| (2) Ashwin vs. (6) Ted | Ted |
| (3) Proshanto vs. (6) Madhur | Proshanto |
| (4) Jonathan vs. (5) Christopher | Jonathan |
| Christopher | Joel | Ashwin | Proshanto | Madhur | Jonathan | Ted | |
| Ted | Christopher | Joel | - | - | - | - | |
| Jonathan | - | Jonathan | Ashwin | - | - | ||
| Madhur | - | - | Ashwin | - | |||
| Proshanto | Proshanto | Joel | Proshanto | ||||
| Ashwin | Ashwin | Joel | |||||
| Joel | Joel | ||||||
| Christopher |
| Rank | Player | Points | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
| 1 | Joel | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Ashwin | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Proshanto | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Jonathan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Christopher | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Madhur | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Ted | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Based upon the rankings after the first round, the top four players will move into the second round. In the case of a two-way tie for the fourth place, the winner of the game between the two players in question will advance to the second round. If three or more players are tied for fourth place, then all concerned players will play off until a total ordering is established between them.
In the second (semi-final) round, the first seed will play against the fourth seed, and the second seed will play the third seed. In case there is a tie in these seedings, then this will be broken by an unbiased coin toss by the organizers. The winners of these two games will advance to the finals. In the case of a draw in either of these games, the two semi-finalists will continue to play each other until someone wins a game.
The finals will be the best of three games. Both finalists will play once
as white. If one player wins both games, then they will automatically be
the tournament champion. Otherwise, they will keep playing (with each
player's color being selected by an unbiased coin toss) until one of the
players wins two games. In case of any draws, the players will continue to
play each other until a champion is established.
The time that can be spent on each move should be agreed upon by both players. In case of contention, the tournament rule is that in no case should more than five minutes be spent on a single move by a player. Games should be played in their entirety. If, however, *both* players agree to record the game and continue it at some later time this is alright too.