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Top Seeds Cruise In First Round of Thai Open Chess in Pattaya
A record 19 Grandmasters assembled in Pattaya on Sunday for the 15th Thai Chess Open and showed why they had achieved their status with a near-perfect 18.5/19 start.
Thailand’s largest and strongest open tournament, organised by the Bangkok Chess Club features world class players such as former World Championship challenger Nigel Short and top seeded Chinese Grandmaster Wang Hao in a field of 190.
Short was the first Grandmaster to finish, beating Filipino amateur Jude Ulanday with a slashing attack in just 20 moves.
In contrast, leading Indian Grandmaster Surya Ganguly was on the brink of defeat against Finland’s Tommy Ilmoni before a faulty attempt to finish the game quickly allowed the Grandmaster to turn the tables.
The only Grandmaster to falter in the first round was Poland’s Kamil Dragun who drew with India’s unheralded Dhanabir Singh.
Thai fans had plenty to cheer about as the top two Thai players in the tournament, Uaychai Kongsee and Wisuwat Teerapabpaisit – both former Thai Champions – won their first games convincingly.
The 2015 Thai Open, a 9 round tournament with a first prize of 100,000 Baht, is being played at the Dusit Thani Resort and continues until April 19, with round 2 beginning at 9am local time on Monday.
Games may be followed live via chess24.com with results at http://chess-results.com/tnr169298.aspx?lan=1
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15th BCC Open headed for a new record
Over 300 players have registered for the 15th Bangkok Chess Club Open.
306 players from 43 different countries are heading to Pattaya for Thailand’s premier chess tournament, to be held at the Dusit Thani from 12-19 April. We are well on the way to breaking the 2013 record of 314 players.
Book your flights now! There is still time to register
Over 100 players registered for the 15th BCC Open
With three months to go for BCC Open, already over 100 players from 30 different countries have registered, including 21 Grandmasters
BCC Championship 2015
All games are now complete for the 2015 Bangkok Chess Club Championships. Congratulations to Jimson Bitoon for an outstanding performance– 7.5/9 –to become the 2015 BCC Club Champion.
The B-group has joint winners Peter Darby and Rommel Posadas, both with 8/9. There may be a playoff of 2 blitz games followed by armageddon (if drawn) to determine the bragging rights.
Group A
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Group B
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