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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Author: BCC
1st BCC CheckMate Rapid Chess Open
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.
Time to seek the Title Norms?
With players from more than 20 countries already registered, including 15 Grandmasters, the 13th BCC Open is wide open for title norms. So whether you’re a Master looking for IM norms or an IM looking for that final step to reaching GM status, come down to Pattaya for a great tournament in a fantastic setting!
Hungarian Invasion
The list of participants is growing daily (updated weekly) and features 4 grandmasters from Hungary, including GM Jozsef Horvath, lead instructor for the Maroczy Chess School in Budapest.
BCC 2013 Club Championship Group A
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Registration for the 13th BCC Open 2013
The list of participants at the 13th BCC Open 2013 is growing daily and can now be viewed online (updated weekly). This and other links for information are:
13th BCC Open 2013 switches to classical time control
CHESS ON THE BEACH! The 13th BCC Open 2013 will take place in the luxurious Dusit Thani Pattaya, taking full advantage of their newly refurbished ballroom.
In consultation with Grandmaster Nigel Short, the reigning BCC Open Champion, the format has been changed in favour of the classical time control used in all major FIDE tournaments including the Olympiad: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 minutes for the remainder, with a 30-second increment throughout. As the Champion said, we should see a lot more interesting endgames at the tournament.
For more details go to the tournament page or download a PDF of the full tournament regulations.
Register online now by completing the registration form.
Please note: The Tournament Director’s new email address is bangkokchessclub@gmail.com