Category: Tournaments

The first round of the A and B Groups have been played, and you can view the crosstable at the Club Championship page

All our Champions from the last three tournaments are returning for more!  Top players competing for the BCC Open crown include:

• GM Nigel Short (ENG, Elo 2696), Defending Champion
• GM Jan Gustafsson (GER, Elo 2621), 11th BCC Open Champion
• GM Levente Vajda (ROM, Elo 2603)
• GM Sune Berg Hansen (DEN, Elo 2566), 10th BCC Open Champion
• GM Jozsef Horvath (HUN, Elo 2539)
• GM Alfonso Romero Holmes (ESP, Elo 2510)
• GM Drazen Sermek (CRO, Elo 2501)

The 13th BCC Open 2013 takes place at the Dusit Thani Pattaya from 14-21 April. Click here for the full list of competitors.

In her youth, WGM Guliskhan Nakhbayeva of Kazakhstan was the under-16 Asian girls champion. Still only 21, she joins 19-year-old WGM Irina Bulmaga of Romania and 15 Grandmasters at the 13th BCC Open 2013 (14-21 April).

Click here to register for the tournament.

With the annual club championship just beginning, perhaps it is a good time to publish a list of the previous winners…

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The Bangkok Chess Club and CheckMate Bar & Bistro have the honour of inviting all Chess Players to participate in the 1st BCC CheckMate Rapid Chess Open from 2nd to 3rd February 2013 in Bangkok.

Tournament Regulations 

This is an individual tournament, open to all players. The maximum number of players is 80.

FIDE (International Chess Federation) rules and regulations shall apply. Results will be sent for FIDE rating calculations.

Tournament will be played using the Swiss Pairing System over 7 rounds. For the pairings, a Swiss Manager computer program will be used.

Each player is accorded with a time control of 25 minutes plus 10 seconds per move.

Five minutes before the games start, the Chief Arbiter shall make the announcement accordingly.

Mobile phones or other electronic devices must be turned off in the tournament hall, any violation shall result in loss of game.

Officials and players should be smartly attired at all times while in the playing hall.

Tournament Programme

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Prizes

There will be cash prizes for the first three players, and the first prize will be Baht 5,000. All other prizes, including best juniors, will be published 1 week before tournament starts.

Organization

Chief Organizer and Tournament Director is IO Kai Tuorila, Deputy Director Peter Darby.

Chief Arbiter IA Panupand Vijjuprabha (in the event of dispute the Chief Arbiter’s decision is final).

Venue

Checkmate Bar & Bistro, Asiatique the Riverside E01, Charoenkrung Road, Watphrayakrai, Bangkorleam, Bangkok 10500. Tel: 089-503-5206 / 081-866-4055

Entry Fees

Baht 600 (late registration after 27 January is Baht 800). All tournament fees must be paid before the start of the first round. The entry fee includes buffet lunch at CheckMate on both days.

Registration

Registration can be done by email to K.Kai or to K.Panupand , or at the Bangkok Chess Club on Tuesdays and Fridays. Registration email must include full name, birthdate, country and fide rating (if any).

The deadline for registration is January 27, 2013. After this a late registration charge will be added. However, organizers reserve the right to refuse or decline late registrations. The maximum number of players is 80, and maximum 60% can be non-fide-rated.

List of registered players will be updated weekly at www.bangkokchess.com

Other information 

Tournament results and pairings will be updated daily to www.chess-results.com.