Former Thai Open Champion and ex-world title challenger Nigel Short crashed to defeat in the fourth round of the 15th Thai Open, in Pattaya on Tuesday. Short, 49, was beaten by Filipino Grandmaster Oliver Barbosa in the tournament’s biggest upset to date. Barbosa’s win catapulted him to 4/4, sharing the lead with two world class […]
An interview with GM Francisco “Paco” Vallejo Pons, winner of the 14th BCC Open 2014 Interview by Alexander J. Klemm Right after the final ceremony, GM Francisco gave an interview in which he talked about his feelings after having won the tournament, some of his games, his impressions about the playing venue and the strength […]
GM Vallejo Pons wins 14th BCC Open 2014, GM Barbosa is runner-up on tiebreak Report by Alexander J. Klemm The last round of the 14th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2014 saw the much anticipated clashes GM Oliver Barbosa (7) vs. GM Francisco Vallejo Pons (7) on the first board, and GM Jan Gustafsson (6½) vs. […]
GM Vallejo Pons beats GM Atalik in round 6 and takes lead at 14th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2014 Report by Alexander J. Klemm Round six saw an exciting matchup on board one between number one seed GM Francisco Vallejo Pons and number five seed and tournament leader GM Suat Atalik. After a less than […]
Report by Alexander J. Klemm After 5 rounds of play the Thailand Open Chess Championships 2014 / 14th Bangkok Chess Club Open, taking place in Bangkok 12-19 April 2014, is well under way. As in 2012 this year’s tournament is hosted by the beautiful 5-start Dusit Thani Bangkok Hotel, which is located in Bangkok’s business […]
Report by Ian Rogers International open tournaments have taken many years to gain popularity in South-East Asia but are now becoming a common occurrence. Already in 2005, Brunei and Thailand have held international opens while in the next seven months, Malaysia, Singapore and New Zealand will all hold big open tournaments. The arrival of discount […]