Category: Tournaments

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Top rated player, Francesco Vallejo-Pons is returning to Bangkok along with former BCC Open Champions  Jan Gustafsson and Sune Berg Hansen. 17 Grandmasters so far have confirmed their registrations, along with double gold medal winner WGM Irene Sukandar. Below are the early lists.

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Check out the photos K. Panupand has posted n Facebook of the Thailand National championships:

• Final Round
• Closing Ceremony
• Winners

Active Chess Tournament

1. Schedule

• Venue: Milano Restaurant, Pro Club Soi 29 Samakee Road Nonthaburi, Thailand
• Date: 1st of December 2013
• Time: 09.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs

d. Game Schedule

• 09.00 – 09.30 Registration
• 09.30 — 09.45 Opening remarks
• 10.00 –10.50 Round 1
• 11.00 – 11.50 Round 2
• 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch break
• 13.00-13.50 Round 3
• 14.00 – 14.50 Round 4
• 15.00 – 15.50 Round 5
• 16.00 Awards Ceremony

2. Categories;

a. Open division

• A1.Open
• A2. 1900 FIDE rating and below
• A3. Junior (18 years old and below)

b. Kiddies division

• B1. 8 years old and below
• B2. 10 years old and below
• B3. 12 years old and below

3. Tournament System and Time Control

1. A 6 round Swiss system shall be used in this tournament
2. Each player has 25 minutes to complete the game
3. Players with out on his table assignment before in each starting of the round will be defaulted his game in that round
4. Recording of games is not compulsory
5. FIDE chess rule shall be applied
6. Aribiter’s decisions are final

3. Awards

a. Cash prize : 2,000 Baht / 1,000 Baht / 500 baht

b. Each category shall receive 1st place trophy, 2nd place trophy and 3rd place trophy.

4. Tie Breaks:

• Direct Encounter
• Buchholz
• Median Buchholz 1
• Median Buchholz 2
• Sonneborn-berger
• Playoff ( 5 minutes 2 games)
• Armagedon

5. Arbiters: Clark Mabeza, Henry Calacday

6. Tournament Director: Henry Calacday

The Bangkok Chess Club is pleased to announce that the 14th BCC Open will be held in the Dusit Thani Bangkok over the Songkran period, 12-19 April 2014. As the tournament has grown each year, the Dusit Thani has offered us the use of their two main ballrooms to host the event, giving us over 1600 square metres of luxurious playing space.

This will also be the Thailand Open Chess Championships 2014

For more information:

• Tournament details
• Registered Participants
• Registration form
• Entry fee payment 
• Hotel reservations

Downloads:

• Tournament poster
• Tournament regulations

Ignatius Leong has announced that the 15th ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships will take place in Macau, a Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China, during June 2014 (3rd-14th). Mr Leong was so impressed with Thailand’s work on the 2013 tournament that he has invited the entire team to Macau to help run next year’s tournament.

Provisional Schedule

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More details to follow.