The 14th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2014 will take place from 12th to 19th of April 2014 at the 5-star Dusit Thani Bangkok Hotel. The event is organized by the Bangkok Chess Club.
There are two groups of play: Open category for all players, and Challenger category for players rated below 2100 or unrated (ratings based on FIDE ratings – national ratings will be validated by the organizer).
FIDE rules and regulations shall apply. Results will be sent for FIDE rating calculations, and are eligible for FIDE title norms.
Both groups will be played using the Swiss System, with 9 rounds for Open, and 7 rounds for Challenger.
Participants, Open (top seeds):
1. GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2693
2. GM Socko Bartosz POL 2635
3. GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2634
4. GM Barbosa Oliver PHI 2580
5. GM Atalik Suat TUR 2562
6. GM Gomez John Paul PHI 2524
7. GM Venkatesh M.R. IND 2515
8. GM Laylo Darwin PHI 2511
9. IM Liu Qingnan CHN 2500
10. GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2496
11. IM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2475
12. IM Thejkumar M. S. IND 2460
13. GM Schebler Gerhard GER 2451
14. GM Socko Monika POL 2450
15. IM Kuderinov Kirill KAZ 2448
16. GM Lazarev Vladimir FRA 2441
17. IM Kreisl Robert AUT 2435
18. IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2434
19. GM Torre Eugenio PHI 2427
20. IM Anurag Mhamal IND 2420
Fun one.
Nice payed vacation for GM Vallejo. With the difference of levels, he would play his daily game in beach attire, then head directly to the beach and have a good time with a mamacita and a couple of cuban Mojitos.
If I were a 2700 player I would take part of many of these chess events in exotic places where nobody else from the top goes