The 16th Bangkok Chess Club Open – Thailand Open Chess Championships 2016 is taking place from 10-17th April in Dusit Thani, Bangkok, Thailand.
There are two sections: Open category for all players (9-round Swiss), and Challenger category for players rated below 2100 or unrated (7-round Swiss).
The Open section has 248 registered players from 42 countries. Among them are 17 Grandmasters and 24 International Masters.
Participants – Open:
1. GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2691
2. GM Short Nigel ENG 2671
3. GM Van Wely Loek NED 2654
4. GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2647
5. GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2629
6. GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2629
7. GM Bok Benjamin NED 2604
8. GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2553
9. GM Barbosa Oliver PHI 2517
10. GM Kunte Abhijit IND 2505
11. GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2501
12. GM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2499
13. GM Gordon Stephen J ENG 2496
14. IM Pourramezanali Amirreza IRI 2488
15. IM Smirnov Anton AUS 2479
16. GM Bitoon Richard PHI 2457
17. GM Laylo Darwin PHI 2457
18. IM Lorparizangeneh Shahin IRI 2456
19. IM Sipila Vilka FIN 2440
20. GM Schebler Gerhard GER 2430
21. IM Pascua Haridas PHI 2427
22. IM Liang Awonder USA 2410
23. IM Llaneza Vega Marcos ESP 2410
24. Coenen Michael GER 2409
25. IM Ahlander Bjorn SWE 2407
26. IM Wynn Zaw Htun MYA 2407
27. IM Roy Prantik IND 2402
28. FM Yeoh Li Tian MAS 2400
29. IM Kohlweyer Bernd GER 2390
30. IM Himanshu Sharma IND 2384