Assumption Association Open Chess Championships 2015

IA Panupand Vijjuprabha is organising an open chess tournament over 4 days in October at the Assumption Association. There is no charge for the tournament, but there is a 100 Baht fee to cover the costs for the FIDE rating. First prize is 10,000 Baht

Tournament Regulations

  1. This is a 7-Round Swiss System FIDE rated tournament open to players.
  2. No entry fee shall be collected. However, a FIDE Fee of Baht 100.00 per person will be charged per player.
  3. This is an Open Chess Tournament, as such, everyone can enter, foreigners included.
  4. Each player is accorded with a time control of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move, starting from move 1.
  5. Walkover time is 1 hour after the start of each round.
  6. Results will be sent to FIDE for rating calculations.
  7. Players must record the moves and hand over the score sheets to the Arbiters at the end of each round. In the case of draw, the player with white shall hand deliver the score sheets to the arbiters.
  8. No electronics equipment of any kind is allowed to be brought into the playing area. Players however may deposit their mobile phones/electronics equipment with the Arbiters at their own risks.
  9. Any player who misses any round of play without notifying the Chief Arbiter will not be paired in the following rounds, and may be considered to have withdrawn from the tournament, unless he/she notifies the Chief Arbiter at least 1 hour before the start of the next round (s).
  10. FIDE (World Chess Federation) rules and regulations shall apply.
  11. In case of dispute, the Chief Arbiter’s decision is final.
  12. The Organizer reserves the right to adjust the prize money and other prizes as well as other tournament regulations according to the circumstances and suitability.

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Gainsfield 1st International Rapid Chess Tournament

Gainsfield Chess 5th Anniversary presents Gainsfield 1st International Rapid Chess Tournament

November 28-29, 2015

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Gainsfield Chess & Language Center is celebrating its 5th Year anniversary and have scheduled an International Chess event as a part of the celebration. We are gladly inviting all chess players from all ages to participate in this exciting event where a lot of  categories of prizes will be given.

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Nigel Short Wins 2015 Thai Open Chess Championship

English Grandmaster Nigel Short is the 2015 Thai Open Champion after a nail-biting final round in which the top two seeds crashed to their only loss of the tournament.

A large crowd at the Dusit Thani in Pattaya watched top seed Wang Hao fall to Indian sixth seed Surya Ganguly in an exhausting 69 move encounter where Wang spoiled an endgame which appeared headed for a draw.

Instead of tying for first and winning his first Thai Open title, Wang dropped to fourth place, overtaken by Ganguly plus Short, who ground down Diptayan Ghosh, and Poland’s Kamil Dragun who upset second seed Paco Vallejo.

The top three players share 220,000 Baht, with Short edging out Ganguly for the title thanks to the strength of his opposition during the 9 day tournament.

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