Big Response for 21st BCC Open 2024

by Peter Long - 13/03/2024

The 21st Bangkok Chess Club Open starts one month from today on 13th April 2024. The tournament has received a fantastic response. A total of 251 players from 50 countries across the world have registered in Open and Challengers section. A total of 18 GMs, 20 IMs, 4 WGMs and 10 WIMs have confirmed their participation. Last two days left to get early bird discount. Register now if you haven't yet and play during Songkran festival at a picturesque location in Hua Hin, Thailand. FM FT IA Peter Long writes about the latest update and shares some photos from the venue. Photos: FM FT IA Peter Long/Bangkok Chess Club

Early bird entries close in two days

The early bird entries for the 21st BCC Open officially close in two days on the 15th March, the organisers have counted 251 entries from 50 countries and a total of 84 titled players including 18 GMs, 20 IMs, 4 WGMs and 10 WIMs.

BCC Organising team

L-R: Pimolpun Tuorila (Finance Minister), Nina Tuorila (Press Officer), FA Peter Darby (Head of Design), IO Kai Tuorila (Chief Organiser), and IA Paunpand Vijuprabha (Logistics & Manpower Boss).

21st Bangkok Chess Club Open 2024 will take place from 13th to 21st April 2024

Unlike previous events, the BCC Open is missing its usual contingent of 2600 players - no less than five have apologised as they are involved in the FIDE Candidates tournament - but never have there been so many title and norm opportunities this time around!

For those not coming for chess or simply just to experience Thailand through Hua Hin, it might be of interest, if not already known, that the Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa is a prime destination for weddings and especially popular with Indians!

So romance might also be on the agenda of some and for those needing a little more inspiration or push, here are some photos taken at the venue during the inspection and planning visit early last month.

Here is the link for tournament registration

Players list in Open

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy	14100371	UKR	2573
2	GM	Pranesh, M	35028600	IND	2538
3	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	5057000	IND	2526
4	GM	Vignesh, N R	25012215	IND	2525
5	GM	Peng, Xiongjian	8610550	CHN	2521
6	GM	Visakh, N R	25012223	IND	2521
7	GM	Samant, Aditya S	35080580	IND	2512
8	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	5024595	IND	2506
9	GM	Das, Sayantan	5034426	IND	2502
10	GM	Sengupta, Deep	5008352	IND	2500
11	GM	Priasmoro, Novendra	7105029	INA	2499
12	IM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	5818320	SGP	2490
13	GM	Zhao, Zong-Yuan	3202534	AUS	2486
14	IM	Nie, Xinyang	8607222	CHN	2433
15	IM	Bersamina, Paulo	5206995	PHI	2424
16	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	5011132	IND	2416
17	GM	Gomez, John Paul	5201381	PHI	2415
18	FM	Pham, Tran Gia Phuc	12415669	VIE	2410
19	GM	Laylo, Darwin	5201330	PHI	2408
20	IM	Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	5200750	PHI	2408
21	IM	Arfan, Aditya Bagus	7106041	INA	2407
22	IM	Badmatsyrenov, Oleg	24115762	FID	2405
23	IM	Concio, Michael Jr.	5217873	PHI	2401
24		Sek, Konstantin	24104302	FID	2400
25	FM	Danilenko, Dmitriy	14120844	UKR	2398

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Players list in Challengers

No.	Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	Kondrak, Christoph	1608312	AUT	1992
2	Nielsen, Karsten Eivind	1464264	DEN	1939
3	Peligros, Rhenell	5217660	PHI	1933
4	Choko, Andile David	14309203	RSA	1870
5	Gutsulyak, Nikolay	34291903	FID	1858
6	Alidani, Leonardo	5207924	PHI	1855
7	Vaibhav, A	25002309	IND	1832
8	Bian, Qiang	8620407	CHN	1806
9	Vaisnav, A	25002317	IND	1798
10	Aba-A, Reynaldo	5257778	PHI	1795
11	Vanbellingen, Patrick	222682	BEL	1758
12	Anjali, R. Sagar	5007089	IND	1753
13	Pearce, Tim	3217833	AUS	1753
14	Pelias, Allan O.	5231523	PHI	1752
15	Cu, Jericho Winston	5245028	PHI	1741
16	Hambly, David J	472140	ENG	1737
17	Fortunado, Jay	5210640	PHI	1735
18	Ilic, Milan	3207293	AUS	1731
19	Fan, Yali	8615888	CHN	1719
20	Sushrutha, Reddy	5039100	IND	1707
21	Kolomwe, Willian	8711852	ZAM	1701
22	Cahyadi,	7106068	INA	1695
23	Watson, Jean	3206920	AUS	1695
24	Romanillos, Shaina Magne	5244153	PHI	1689
25	Mahendran, T.	5027411	IND	1681

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Links

Bangkok Chess Club: Official site, fb page

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