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• Tournament regulations
• Tournament registration form
• Entry fees
• Hotel room reservation: Room only
• Hotel room reservation with breakfast: Room with breakfast

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Dear Friends of Bangkok Chess Club,

We are excited to announce our long-awaited anniversary tournament – 20th Bangkok Chess Club Open – to be held between 22-30 October 2022 at the ‘northern capital of Thailand’ Chiang Mai, at the beautiful, 5-star Shangri-La Chiang Mai Hotel

Chiang Mai is a charming city – you could spend your whole vacation just exploring the famous city center, where the remains of ancient walls encircle over 30 temples, and if you are feeling more adventurous, the nearby mountains are also very beautiful.

Our 20th Anniversary tournament will see some small changes to our earlier format, so please read the tournament regulations carefully:

• Challenger tournament will be 9 rounds instead of 7 rounds previously;
• Open tournament is intended for over 1600 FIDE rating only, but lower or unrated players can join with a higher entry fee;
• Players can choose to take a one round bye with half point awarded (rounds 2-7 only).

It is great to see that travelling and over-the-board chess are slowly returning to normality. We will follow all health and travel related regulations from the Thai government and local Chiang Mai authorities. You can find updated Thailand entry regulations for foreign arrivals from ThaiEmbassy.com, or check the entry requirements from the website of the nearest Thai Embassy.

Please book the dates on your calendar!

See you soon in Thailand!

BCC Team

Tournament regulations | Tournament registration form | Entry fees

Dear Chess Friends,

Due to the evolving dynamics of the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and after much discussion, the 20th Bangkok Chess Club Open will be postponed. The safety and well-being of our club members, chess players and colleagues is of paramount importance. Many players will be travelling internationally, so we are also concerned that there may be disruption in flights and issues with quarantine. 

With this in mind, our plan is to reschedule the tournament for six month’s time, in October 2020, by which time we trust the pandemic will have ended.

For those players that have already paid, you have the option to transfer the registration fee to the rescheduled tournament or receive a full refund.

We will be contact every registered player by email, continue to provide updates as information becomes available, and ask for your understanding at this difficult time. 

And we are looking forward to seeing you in Thailand soon.

Kai Tuorila,
Bangkok Chess Club

20th BCC Open

Last updated February 26

	FIDE ID				Fed	ELO
1	400025	GM	Short	Nigel D	ENG	2626
2	1400266	GM	Hansen	Sune Berg	DEN	2552
3	1004689	GM	Ernst	Sipke	NED	2544
4	3202305	GM	Smerdon	David C	AUS	2508
5	12511412	GM	Pourramezanali	Amirreza	IRI	2497
6	7105029	IM	Priasmoro	Novendra	INA	2493
7	3204405	GM	Ly	Mounthun	AUS	2479
8	5801605	GM	Fernandez	Daniel Howard	ENG	2477
9	5201330	GM	Laylo	Darwin	PHI	2445
10	5003512	GM	Neelotpal	Das	IND	2425
11	8605661	IM	Chu	Wei Chao	CHN	2422
12	5200032	GM	Antonio	Rogelio Jr	PHI	2421
13	5203953	IM	Pascua	Haridas	PHI	2418
14	4603338	GM	Schebler	Gerhard	GER	2390
15	25034430	FM	Audi	Ameya	IND	2354
16	12402435	FM	Dang	Hoang Son	VIE	2346
17	15001261	FM	Menkinoski	Riste	MKD	2305
18	5201454	IM	Nouri	Hamed	PHI	2303
19	3200086	IM	West	Guy	AUS	2302
20	5217873		Concio	Michael Jr.	PHI	2297
21	4151950	FM	Makarov	Nikolay Val.	RUS	2283
22	6201610	FM	Kulpruethanon	Thanadon	THA	2279
23	6200346	FM	Kongsee	Uaychai	THA	2249
24	6200206	FM	Pitirotjirathon	Jirapak	THA	2226
25	4633300		Kugler	Florian	GER	2223
26	5216184	FM	Nouri	Alekhine	PHI	2216
27	5825164		Chua	Tze Jay Azel	SGP	2192
28	8618712		Li	Shanglin	CHN	2190
29	5216036		Salvador	Louie	PHI	2167
30	6200176	FM	Teerapabpaisit	Wisuwat	THA	2154
31	7105487	FM	Tobing	Daniel Hermawan Lumban	INA	2146
32	5202752		Panopio	Jr Rodolfo	PHI	2141
33	5210283		Bitoon	Jimson	PHI	2112
34	3200302	FM	Reilly	Tim	AUS	2108
35	5207363	FM	Habla	Jony	PHI	2098
36	6200184	FM	Saeheng	Boonsueb	THA	2092
37	5206049		Arellano	Robert	PHI	2082
38	6202071		Khumnorkaew	Tupfah	THA	2073
39	500950	CM	Laine	Panu	FIN	2070
40	2805995		Linik	Yaron	ISR	2068
41	8100420	FM	Malkawi	Fadi	JOR	2056
42	1413155		Skou	Niels	DEN	2054
43	6202039		Arunnuntapanich	Tinnakrit	THA	2051
44	24695882		Buttkus	Andre	GER	2042
45	6201083	FM	Wiwatanadate	Poompong	THA	2031
46	5804566	WFM	Hng	Mei-En Emmanuelle	SGP	2029
47	7101473	WIM	Karenza	Dita	INA	2026
48	5018510		Atul	Kumar	IND	2011
49	35015451		Sambarta	Banerjee	IND	2011
50	207497		Barbe	Tom	BEL	2007
51	10224254		Hasnath Alahi	Chowdhury	BAN	2000
52	6204791		Tantipura	Noppakron	THA	1999
53	3206688		Attwood	James	AUS	1985
54	12406732	WIM	Nguyen	Hong Anh	VIE	1979
55	3211436		Markovitz	Neil	AUS	1962
56	25013769	WFM	Bidhar	Rutumbara	IND	1952
57	5021391	WFM	Patil	Mitali	IND	1952
58	5200580		Cuizon	Loreshyl	PHI	1950
59	5714743		Eng	Jia Qian	MAS	1939
60	8616868		Jin Yueheng		CHN	1927
61	5001005	WIM	Gokhale	Anupama	IND	1925
62	4623649		Tobor	Mick	GER	1923
63	25070479		Meenal Gupta		IND	1921
64	25023721		Samal Ansuman		INA	1910
65	6203213		Nattavutthisit	Kavin	THA	1895
66	6201318		Akharaboollasez	Akharin	THA	1894
67	6200591		Yutithamnon	Surapole	THA	1893
68	5207924		Alidani	Leonardo	PHI	1886
69	6205003		Laohawirapap	Prin	THA	1882
70	4666895		Kollmann	Robert	GER	1877
71	30926580		Kunnavakkam	Sudarshanagopal Vin	USA	1874
72	6202101		Sajjapornthep	Jarunpol	THA	1869
73	605883		Laurain	Dominique	FRA	1863
74	12402311		Nguyen	Truong Bao Tran	VIE	1856
75	3206840		Savige	Colin B	AUS	1849
76	1308793		Brunner	Karl	SUI	1838
77	5809576		Teo	Hong Ming	SGP	1823
78	5806585		Hng	Mei-Xian Eunice	SGP	1823
79	6202349		Wongsawan	Thoetsak	THA	1822
80	3203506		Lovejoy	David	AUS	1809
81	5057876		Soumik	Datta	IND	1793
82	6203124		Sandhiratne	Akkarawut	THA	1787
83	7106165	WFM	Elisabeth	Christine	INA	1786
84	5014182		Mandloi	Mukesh	IND	1784
85	24617431		Heimbaecher	Peter, Dr.	GER	1761
86	262536		Bunkens	Rudi	BEL	1750
87	35025511		Arijit Mukherjee		IND	1746
88	16222679		Schuessler	Thomas	GER	1745
89	7002734		Nodon	Jeremi	JPN	1736
90	30929423		Batchis	Paul	USA	1733
91	10227601		Md. Shaiful Azam	Chowdhury	BAN	1732
92	10202617		Gias Uddin	Ahmed	BAN	1730
93	7107757	WFM	Kinasih Alya Sekar		INA	1729
94	3204634		Frost	Peter	AUS	1717
95	6208169		Alriyami	Faris Rashid	THA	1716
96	5821657		Choksi	Khushi	SGP	1706
97	25611151		Jaiveer Mahendru		IND	1695
98	129057710		Liew	Mark	SGP	1676
99	508225		Karasmaki	Seppo	FIN	1648
100	30941539		Lopez de Anda	Edgar	USA	1620

BCC Challenger

Last updated February 26

	FIDE ID			Fed	ELO
1	5217660	Peligros	Rhenell	PHI	1889
2	5224047	Loyaga	Nathaniel	PHI	1836
3	1052454	Sprik	Sander	NED	1766
4	1307088	Emmott	Steven	SUI	1755
5	8711852	Kolomwe	Willian	ZAM	1743
6	25011901	Waghela	Dhairya Pankaj	IND	1705
7	4301692	Dolejs	Dan	NZL	1663
8	5211174	Culasing	Michael	PHI	1656
9	6204384	Mekarapiruk	Chawit	THA	1637
10	10218483	Md. Sajib	Hossain	BAN	1607
11	7106068	Chayadi		INA	1606
12	5231523	Pelias	Allan O.	PHI	1604
13	6205178	Chongstitwattana	Cholapat	THA	1556
14	1337122	Vogelsanger	Nicolas	SUI	1531
15	3206920	Watson	Jean	AUS	1528
16	25712977	Aarav Kumar Koni Dena		IND	1514
17	45182450	Bourgouint	Julien	FRA	1497
18	1322079	Kuich	Gero	SUI	1495
19	6206816	Piyathumawuttikul	Kantapat	THA	1494
20	16300254	Camhi	David	TPE	1488
21	5829240	Choy	Siew Mun	SGP	1445
22	1739298	Platkovs	Daniils	SWE	1444
23	6203078	Rangkaew	Katunchalee	THA	1438
24	5829011	Tobin	Paul Nicholas	SGP	1428
25	1060031	Langendoen	Aad	NED	1415
26	13209795	Hong	Ian	KOR	1413
27	13203290	Anh	Juyong	KOR	1408
28	1660705	Gugler	Giorgio	AUT	1405
29	6206115	Tawankanjana	Dhi	THA	1379
30	6207308	Pattanak	Wittawat	THA	1357
31	6202152	Tuorila	Nina	THA	1355
32	6200508	Srivatanakul	Pricha	THA	1309
33	6201857	Asavayutphol	Pattarapong	THA	1289
34	6205640	Buhagiar	Melita Sunan	THA	1284
35	5230306	Cuizon	Richily Evans	PHI	1270
36	25764268	Kapahi Sagar		IND	1263
37	6207570	Nilkumhaeng	Nilwadee	THA	1251
38	1071955	Dieleman	Marco	NED	1217
39	25077074	Boyd	Arhan	IND	1190
40	2821176	Linik	Daniel	ISR	1187
41	6208487	Mekarapiruk	Nathasha	THA	1186
42	6204821	Tangsunawan	Tada	THA	1173
43	3212645	Warren	Elizabeth	AUS	1121
44	25764292	Kumar	Ajay	IND	1053
45	30931010	Austin	Nathan	USA
46	150034761	Aye	Walter	FID
47	9014799	Baho	Sinan	MAR
48	1766422	Boman	Per	SWE
49	55643930	Khlopkov	Alexey	RUS
50	35073095	Pathania	Ankush Singh	IND
51	6208894	Tawankanjana	Sasinat	THA
52	365199852	Tjiptadi	Louis	FID

Add your name to the list today!

• Tournament regulations: here
• Registration: here
• Entry fees: here

This is an individual tournament and FIDE (International Chess Federation) rules and regulations shall apply.

Program

27.12.19 – 23.02.20 A- and B-Finals
Players will be divided to A and B finals. First priority is given for club’s regular players and after that according their ratings, with max. 10 players in each group. The winner of 2019 B-final will qualify directly to A-Final in 2020.

Time Control & Schedule

Each player is accorded with a time of 90 minutes plus 10 seconds per move. At least 1 round per week should be played in Arbiter controlled environment.

The opponents must be played according paring table rounds order (if that opponent is not available, another available opponent can be played). The players must agree time and place for the games with their opponents directly.

Two signed score sheets must be returned to the Organizer. For A-final Championship t/b games (rapid and blitz) will be played. For other positions t/b is as follows: 1. Game between the players, 2. Sonneborn-Berger.

Venue

Games can be played on:

• Friday evenings at the 2nd floor of O’Shea Irish Pub
• Big Rook Chess Academy on Saturdays and Sundays
• Red Knight Chess School on Saturdays (10am), Sundays (2pm)

If players intend to play in other time/location, approval from the supervising Arbiter must be gotten beforehand.

Entrance Fee

The tournament fee for each player is Baht 500. Tournament fee can not be returned.

Prizes

Winners of A and B finals will get free entry to 20th BCC Open in April. 2nd and 3rd place on both finals will get entry fee returned to them.

Ratings

All results will be sent for FIDE rating calculations, if at least 4 Fide rated players/group will participate.Registrations: Registrations can be done during BCC club evenings.

Organization

Chief Arbiter is IA Panupand Vijjuprabha. Other arbiters will be nominated as necessary.

Group A final

	Name	ELO	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Paul Batchis	1733	XXX	-	-	0	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	-
2	Henry Calacday	1806	-	XXX	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Shin Jingjang	1782	-	-	XXX	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
4	Peter Darby	1885	1	-	-	XXX	-	-	-	0	-	0	-
5	Chawit Asavasaetakul	1799	-	1	-	-	XXX	-	-	-	-	1	-
6	Kavin Nattavutthisit	1895	-	-	-	-	-	XXX	-	-	-	0	-
7	Jony Habla	2098	-	-	-	-	-	-	XXX	-	-	1	-
8	Jeremy Nodon	1736	0.5	-	1	1	-	-	-	XXX	-	1	-
9	Kai Tuorila	1908	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	XXX	-	-
10	Roger Hoffmann	1957	-	-	-	1	0	1	0	0	-	XXX	-

Pairings table

1st Round	1:10	2:9	3:8	4:7	5:6
2nd Round	10:6	7:5	8:4	9:3	1:2
3rd Round	2:10	3:1	4:9	5:8	6:7
4th Round	10:7	8:6	9:5	1:4	2:3
5th Round	3:10	4:2	5:1	6:9	7:8
6th Round	10:8	9:7	1:6	2:5	3:4
7th Round	4:10	5:3	6:2	7:1	8:9
8th Round	10:9	1:8	2:7	3:6	4:5
9th Round	5:10	6:4	7:3	8:2	9:1

The 20th Bangkok Chess Club Open will be headlined by six former Champions, including 3-time champions GM Nigel Short and GM Rogelio Antonio. We are also welcoming back GM Tejas Bakre (1st BCC Open), GM David Smerdon (7th BCC Open), GM Sune Berg Hansen (10th BCC Open) and GM Francesco Vallejo Pons (14th BCC Open) the rating favourite at 2704 ELO.

The 20th BCC Open will take place at the luxurious Centara Grand at Central Plaza Ladprao, 11–19 April, 2020.

Changes to the format in this year’s tournament mean that there will be no unrated players in the Open Championship, and a minimum ELO of 1600 – so there should be a greater chance of attaining title norms.

Maximum rating in the Challengers is now 2000 ELO, and it is of course open to players who have not yet achieved a FIDE rating (but you must have a FIDE number).

How do you rate your chances against this stellar field? Register today and find out!

• Tournament regulations: here
• Registration: here
• Entry fee payment: here