Category: News

General news about the BCC and the chess world

Thailand Open Chess Championship 2010

BCC 24 Comments

Amazing_T_AV_logo_approvedUPDATE: Registration now open: click here.

Next year’s Thailand Open will be our 10th international tournament, with main sponsorship from The Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Thailand Chess Association.

The dates are confirmed as 14-20 April 2010 for the Open Tournament, over the Songkran holiday period. The Challenger Tournament will begin a day later on the 15th.

Our new format allows for better preparation: while the first 4 rounds will be played in two days, the next 5 rounds are just one per day, starting in the afternoon.

For more information click here. To register, click here. To download the latest list of registered participants click here.

50 Baht minimum at Woodstock

BCC 3 Comments

Woodstock_smallWoodstock has made the not unreasonable request that everyone who comes to play chess buy at least one item from the menu – even if it is just a coffee. They charge us nothing, yet is costing them money to air-condition a room specially for us and provide a staff member.

If you order anything from the menu, even a bottle of water, there will be no additional charge. But if you order nothing, there will be a bill for 50 Baht from Woodstock. This starts in December 2009.

Thailand Championship

BCC 11 Comments

TCA has planned for FIDE Rating Tournament in November 2009 . Two weekends of Nov. 2009 , Swiss System 8 rounds ( 7-9 rounds ) ; Place ; a Hotel / Ratchaprarop Road ; Bangkok , not far from BTS station. Time control for each player = 90 Min + 30 Sec./ move ; Organizer ; TCA / Khun Sahapol with his supporting teams . Tentative name , Thailand Championship, we will finalize date and place as well as other details within / before 15 Oct. 2009

* * * * * * * * * UPDATE * * * * * * * * *

Dates:  18, 19, 21, 22 November

Venue: Arnoma Hotel, Rajprarob Road, Bangkok (opposite Central World)

This is not an open tournament – Thai nationals and foreign chess players who are resident in Thailand are invited.

Kasparov and Karpov in new chess duel

BCC

kasparov-karpov-2009One of the greatest rivalries in the history of chess has resumed as Garry Kasparov takes on Anatoly Karpov in the Spanish city of Valencia. The 12-game rematch is taking place 25 years after the two chess legends first competed for the world title.

The event is being broadcast live on Valencia’s regional government website (www.gva.es), with organisers expecting millions of chess fans to tune in.

Kasparov, now aged 46, has been preparing for the clash by training in Norway with teenage prodigy Magnus Carlsen. Kasparov has described the match as “a ceremonial tournament”. Meanwhile, Karpov, 58, has been sparring with a computer and a group of grandmasters from a base on the Spanish coast. The Valencia tournament comes 25 years after the two grandmasters – then both representing the Soviet Union – squared off for the first time for the world crown.