An interview with GM Oliver Barbosa, runner-up of the 14th BCC Open 2014 Interview by Alexander J. Klemm Shortly after the tournament I sat down with runner-up GM Oliver Barbosa from the Philippines to talk about his great performance and his impressions of the tournament, coming 2nd Place in the main draw and BCC Open Blitz […]
Report by Alexander J. Klemm Rounds 7 and 8 of the 14th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2014 saw again exciting and some very long-fought games at the top boards. In the much anticipated round 7 clash between German GM Jan Gustafsson and Open leader GM Francisco Vallejo Pons, the players drew after solid play on […]
English Grandmaster Nigel Short is the 2015 Thai Open Champion after a nail-biting final round in which the top two seeds crashed to their only loss of the tournament. A large crowd at the Dusit Thani in Pattaya watched top seed Wang Hao fall to Indian sixth seed Surya Ganguly in an exhausting 69 move […]
With just three rounds to play, the name of the winner of the 2015 Thai Open in Pattaya remains a mystery. With none of the pacesetters winning their games in Thursday’s sixth round at Thailand’s premier tournament, an incredible 12 players are now tied for first place. The leading group includes 10 Grandmasters and […]
Five Grandmasters have moved to the front of the Thai Open Chess Championship as the tournament, being played at the Dusit Thani Resport in Pattaya, passes the halfway mark. Two of the overnight leaders, Jan Gustafsson and Paco Vallejo, played out a speedy, friendly draw to maintain a share of the lead, and were […]
The 15th BCC Open Blitz Championship was hotly contested by over 100 players, with two players from each of 8 groups qualifying for the finals to be held tonight (Wednesday 15th April). Those qualifying were: GM Darwin Laylo (PHI 2465), GM Bartosz Socko (POL 2623), GM Oliver Barbosa (PHI 2610), Isuru Alahakoon (SRI 2152), FM Ivan Gil Biag […]