TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
11th BCC Thailand Open 2011 (7)
Gustafsson beats Short to share lead with Vallejo on 6/7 in Thailand
Mark Crowther - Friday 15th April 2011
Nigel Short lost to Jan Gustafsson in Round 7. | http://bangkokchess.com
Francisco Vallejo Pons and Jan Gustafsson meet in Round 8 of the 11th BCC Thailand Open as they share the lead on 6/7 with two rounds to go. Gustafsson's defeated leader Nigel Short in round 7 obtaining a nice attack on the kingside whilst Short's queenside counter-play proved inadequate. Vallejo himself won against Chinese International Master Yang Kaiqi. Below is the official press release, standings and leading games from Round 7.
Gustafsson Downs Leader in Thai Open Chess
German Grandmaster Jan Gustafsson threw the 2011 Thai Chess Open in Pattaya wide open by defeating tournament leader Nigel Short of England in the seventh round.
With two rounds of Thailand's richest tournament to play, Gustafsson, seeded third, now shares the lead with top seed Paco Vallejo and the two will meet in a much-awaited penultimate round encounter on Saturday.
Gustafsson was pleased with his win over the former world title challenger but was unsure of the turning point in the game; "I think he didn't have time for his [slow plan from moves 17-20]. His piece sacrifice at the end [isn't great] but I already have strong threats."
Vallejo joined Gustafsson at the top of the standings with a tough win over Chinese International Master Yang Kaiqi, with Short and 4 other players half a point off the pace.
However 2010 Thai Open Champion Sune Berg Hansen is not among them and has no chance of retining his titled after the Danish Grandmaster was forced to lower his colours to unfancied Dutchman Pieter Hopman.
Thailand's top player Wisuwat Teerapabpaisit moved into prizemoney contention with an upset win over Russian International Master Alexey Romanov. Teerapabpaisit is now only a point behind the two leaders. 15-year-old Warot Kananub also continued to impress and retains chances for his first International Master result.
The Thai Open, with a prize fund of 500,000 Baht, is being played at the luxury Dusit Thani Resort and continues until Sunday, with round 8 beginning at 2pm local time on Saturday. Games may be followed live via http://bangkokchess.com/ with results on http://www.chess-results.com/fed.aspx?lan=1&fed=THA.
Thai Open Press Office April 15
| Open Pattaya THA Mon 11th Apr 2011 - Sun 17th Apr 2011
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Vallejo Pons Francisco | GM | ESP | 2707 | 6.0 | 33.0 | 0 | 24.0 |
| 2 | Gustafsson Jan | GM | GER | 2647 | 6.0 | 32.0 | 0 | 23.0 |
| 3 | Short Nigel D | GM | ENG | 2676 | 5.5 | 34.0 | 0 | 24.5 |
| 4 | Kunte Abhijit | GM | IND | 2526 | 5.5 | 32.5 | 0 | 23.5 |
| 5 | Sriram Jha | GM | IND | 2442 | 5.5 | 30.5 | 0 | 22.0 |
| 6 | Stokke Kjetil | FM | NOR | 2407 | 5.5 | 29.5 | 0 | 21.0 |
| 7 | Hopman Pieter | NED | 2365 | 5.5 | 28.0 | 0 | 19.5 | |
| 8 | Zaw Win Lay | GM | MYA | 2382 | 5.0 | 31.5 | 0 | 23.5 |
| 9 | Mariano Nelson III | PHI | 2197 | 5.0 | 31.0 | 0 | 23.5 | |
| 10 | Morris James | IM | AUS | 2227 | 5.0 | 30.5 | 0 | 23.0 |
| 11 | Schebler Gerhard | GM | GER | 2460 | 5.0 | 30.0 | 0 | 21.5 |
| 12 | Murshed Niaz | GM | BAN | 2455 | 5.0 | 30.0 | 0 | 21.5 |
| 13 | Illner Achim | FM | GER | 2353 | 5.0 | 30.0 | 0 | 21.5 |
| 14 | Sklyarov Dmitry V. | FM | RUS | 2415 | 5.0 | 29.5 | 0 | 21.5 |
| 15 | L'Ami Alina | WGM | ROU | 2297 | 5.0 | 29.5 | 0 | 21.5 |
| 16 | Saptarshi Roy | IM | IND | 2395 | 5.0 | 28.5 | 0 | 20.5 |
| 17 | Voigt Martin | FM | GER | 2325 | 5.0 | 28.0 | 0 | 21.0 |
| 18 | Willemze Thomas | IM | NED | 2390 | 5.0 | 28.0 | 0 | 19.5 |
| 19 | Yang Kaiqi | IM | CHN | 2399 | 5.0 | 28.0 | 0 | 19.0 |
| 20 | Myo Naing | IM | MYA | 2317 | 5.0 | 27.0 | 0 | 19.5 |
| 21 | Neubronner Jarred | SIN | 2262 | 5.0 | 26.5 | 0 | 20.0 | |
| 22 | Teerapabpaisit Wisuwat | FM | THA | 2310 | 5.0 | 26.5 | 0 | 19.5 |
| 23 | Sauravh Khherdekar | FM | IND | 2325 | 5.0 | 26.0 | 0 | 17.5 |
| 24 | Sanjay N. | IND | 2335 | 5.0 | 25.5 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 25 | Kojima Shinya | FM | JPN | 2329 | 4.5 | 31.5 | 0 | 22.5 |
| Swathi Ghate | WGM | IND | 2307 | 4.5 | 31.5 | 0 | 22.5 | |
| 27 | Illingworth Max | FM | AUS | 2345 | 4.5 | 31.5 | 0 | 22.5 |
| 28 | Hansen Sune Berg | GM | DEN | 2603 | 4.5 | 30.0 | 0 | 22.0 |
| 29 | Pitirojirathon Jirapak | FM | THA | 2278 | 4.5 | 29.5 | 0 | 22.0 |
| 30 | Tuomala Timo | FIN | 2231 | 4.5 | 28.5 | 0 | 22.0 | |
| 31 | Bakre Tejas | GM | IND | 2530 | 4.5 | 28.0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| 32 | Reilly Tim | FM | AUS | 2271 | 4.5 | 27.5 | 0 | 18.5 |
| 33 | Palit Somak | IM | IND | 2378 | 4.5 | 26.5 | 0 | 18.5 |
| 34 | West Guy | IM | AUS | 2360 | 4.5 | 26.0 | 0 | 18.5 |
| 35 | Saeheng Boonsueb | FM | THA | 2253 | 4.5 | 21.5 | 0 | 15.0 |
| 36 | Kananub Warot | THA | 1989 | 4.0 | 31.5 | 0 | 22.5 | |
| 37 | Aung Aung | IM | MYA | 2324 | 4.0 | 31.0 | 0 | 22.5 |
| 38 | Singh Gurpreet Pal | IND | 0 | 4.0 | 30.5 | 0 | 22.0 | |
| 39 | Lahiri Atanu | IM | IND | 2350 | 4.0 | 30.5 | 0 | 21.0 |
| 40 | Eng Andre Jerome | SIN | 2150 | 4.0 | 29.5 | 0 | 21.5 | |
| 41 | Hou Qiang | CHN | 0 | 4.0 | 29.0 | 0 | 21.0 | |
| 42 | Prince Bajaj | IND | 2185 | 4.0 | 29.0 | 0 | 21.0 | |
| 43 | Mohota Nisha | IM | IND | 2324 | 4.0 | 28.5 | 0 | 21.5 |
| 44 | Attwood James | AUS | 2019 | 4.0 | 28.5 | 0 | 20.5 | |
| 45 | Abdumalik Zhansaya | WFM | KAZ | 1941 | 4.0 | 28.0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| 46 | Arvind Shastry | IND | 2297 | 4.0 | 28.0 | 0 | 19.5 | |
| 47 | Limono Handjojo | INA | 1869 | 4.0 | 27.5 | 0 | 20.0 | |
| 48 | Berezovics Alexander | FM | RUS | 2206 | 4.0 | 27.5 | 0 | 20.0 |
| 49 | Lee Kah Meng Elgin | MAS | 1904 | 4.0 | 27.0 | 0 | 19.0 | |
| 50 | Contin Daniel | IM | ITA | 2316 | 4.0 | 26.5 | 0 | 19.0 |
| 51 | Vospernik Andrej | SLO | 2205 | 4.0 | 26.5 | 0 | 19.0 | |
| 52 | Romanov Alexei | IM | RUS | 2401 | 4.0 | 26.5 | 0 | 18.5 |
| 53 | Shetty Rahul | IM | IND | 2279 | 4.0 | 26.5 | 0 | 18.0 |
| 54 | Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh | IND | 2199 | 4.0 | 26.0 | 0 | 18.5 | |
| 55 | Tuorila Kai | FIN | 2125 | 4.0 | 25.5 | 0 | 19.0 | |
| 56 | Lee T H Bryan | HKG | 1964 | 4.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 19.0 | |
| 57 | Michalet Guy | FRA | 2183 | 4.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 58 | Nath Rupankar | IND | 2125 | 4.0 | 24.5 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 59 | Rinquest Ted | USA | 2138 | 4.0 | 23.5 | 0 | 17.0 | |
| 60 | Topi-Hulmi Teemu | FM | FIN | 2285 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 17.0 |
| 61 | Drummond Matthew | AUS | 2240 | 4.0 | 20.5 | 0 | 15.5 | |
| 62 | Filippov Alexander | RUS | 2264 | 4.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 15.0 | |
| 63 | Wismeijer Jeroen | NED | 2083 | 3.5 | 27.5 | 0 | 19.0 | |
| 64 | Norris Damian C | FIJ | 2072 | 3.5 | 26.0 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 65 | Nohr Finn | DEN | 2102 | 3.5 | 25.5 | 0 | 18.0 | |
| 66 | Takahashi Reiji | JPN | 2099 | 3.5 | 25.5 | 0 | 18.0 | |
| 67 | Doostkam P. | IRI | 2194 | 3.5 | 25.5 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 68 | Sivara Poompat | THA | 1972 | 3.5 | 25.0 | 0 | 19.0 | |
| 69 | Chong Chor Yuen | HKG | 2051 | 3.5 | 25.0 | 0 | 18.0 | |
| 70 | Lim Hoon Cheng | FM | SIN | 2209 | 3.5 | 25.0 | 0 | 17.5 |
| 71 | Brunner Karl | SUI | 2063 | 3.5 | 25.0 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 72 | Karma Pandya | IND | 2133 | 3.5 | 24.5 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 73 | Erlandsen Carsten | DEN | 2083 | 3.5 | 24.5 | 0 | 16.5 | |
| 74 | Kulpruthanon Thanadon | THA | 1933 | 3.5 | 24.0 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 75 | Sollid Stein | NOR | 2016 | 3.5 | 24.0 | 0 | 17.0 | |
| 76 | Frederiksen Erik | DEN | 1996 | 3.5 | 23.5 | 0 | 16.5 | |
| 77 | Hirt Markus | SUI | 2056 | 3.5 | 23.5 | 0 | 16.5 | |
| 78 | Savolainen Lev P. | FM | RUS | 2176 | 3.5 | 22.5 | 0 | 16.5 |
| 79 | Sorensen Torben | IM | MLT | 2403 | 3.5 | 22.0 | 0 | 15.0 |
| 80 | Andersson Christin | WIM | SWE | 2163 | 3.5 | 21.5 | 0 | 15.0 |
| 81 | Hoffman Ron | NED | 2110 | 3.5 | 21.5 | 0 | 14.5 | |
| 82 | Png Ren Chi | MAS | 1960 | 3.0 | 27.0 | 0 | 20.5 | |
| 83 | Osmolny Vladimir I. | FM | RUS | 2200 | 3.0 | 25.5 | 0 | 18.0 |
| 84 | Ilmoni Tommy | FIN | 2121 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 18.5 | |
| 85 | Nihal Manjunath | IND | 2016 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 86 | Akharaboollasez Akharin | THA | 1911 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 17.0 | |
| 87 | Watharow Sean | AUS | 1964 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 17.0 | |
| 88 | Steinbrecht Ralf | GER | 2222 | 3.0 | 24.5 | 0 | 17.0 | |
| 89 | Wee Chu En Kelvin | SIN | 2037 | 3.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 16.5 | |
| 90 | Dotsenko Viacheslav | RUS | 2069 | 3.0 | 23.5 | 0 | 17.0 | |
| 91 | Wiwatanadate Poompong | THA | 1994 | 3.0 | 23.5 | 0 | 16.5 | |
| 92 | Laurain Dominique | FRA | 2032 | 3.0 | 23.5 | 0 | 16.0 | |
| 93 | Tuamsang Sawapop | THA | 1967 | 3.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 94 | Dale Ari | AUS | 1902 | 3.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 16.0 | |
| 95 | Wee Chun Jie Eugene | SIN | 2015 | 3.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 15.5 | |
| 96 | Svendsen Peter | DEN | 1974 | 3.0 | 22.5 | 0 | 16.5 | |
| 97 | Thebault Bernard | FRA | 2108 | 3.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 16.5 | |
| 98 | Haveland Bjorn | NOR | 1952 | 3.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 15.5 | |
| 99 | Savant Riya | IND | 1681 | 3.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 14.5 | |
| 100 | Santoshkashyap HG | IND | 2003 | 3.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 14.5 | |
| 101 | Messam-Sparks Lateefah | ENG | 1909 | 3.0 | 20.5 | 0 | 15.0 | |
| 102 | Eriksson Jon | FIN | 2201 | 3.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 14.0 | |
| 103 | Wattanarat Pasawon | THA | 1781 | 3.0 | 19.5 | 0 | 13.5 | |
| 104 | Ruston Mark R | ENG | 2110 | 3.0 | 19.5 | 0 | 13.5 | |
| 105 | Shinoda Taro | JPN | 1861 | 3.0 | 19.0 | 0 | 14.0 | |
| 106 | Campi WiIlliam | USA | 1824 | 3.0 | 16.5 | 0 | 12.0 | |
| 107 | Arpijuntarangkoon Jaradpong | THA | 1977 | 2.5 | 25.0 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 108 | Yutithamnon Surapole | THA | 1983 | 2.5 | 24.0 | 0 | 16.0 | |
| 109 | Wiesebach Wolfgang | GER | 1914 | 2.5 | 22.5 | 0 | 16.5 | |
| 110 | Jayaram R. | IND | 2070 | 2.5 | 22.5 | 0 | 16.0 | |
| 111 | Lee Shane | IRL | 1834 | 2.5 | 22.0 | 0 | 16.5 | |
| 112 | Winkler Stefan | GER | 1871 | 2.5 | 21.5 | 0 | 16.5 | |
| 113 | Koivumaki Marko | FIN | 1836 | 2.5 | 20.5 | 0 | 15.0 | |
| 114 | Lee Say Siong John | SIN | 1801 | 2.5 | 20.0 | 0 | 14.5 | |
| 115 | Tachaplalert Suvich | THA | 1792 | 2.5 | 20.0 | 0 | 14.0 | |
| 116 | Pashkov Vladimir M. | RUS | 0 | 2.5 | 19.5 | 0 | 14.5 | |
| 117 | Thanarotrung Ratchaphon | THA | 1853 | 2.5 | 18.0 | 0 | 13.5 | |
| 118 | Atthaworadej Woradej | THA | 1638 | 2.5 | 17.5 | 0 | 12.5 | |
| 119 | Lee Kah Howe William | MAS | 1787 | 2.5 | 16.5 | 0 | 11.5 | |
| 120 | Klausen Torbjorn | NOR | 1601 | 2.5 | 16.5 | 0 | 11.5 | |
| 121 | Tominski Norbert | GER | 1966 | 2.0 | 26.0 | 0 | 18.0 | |
| 122 | Bianchetti Raoul | ITA | 1900 | 2.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 18.0 | |
| 123 | Low Zhen Yu Cyrus | SIN | 1461 | 2.0 | 23.5 | 0 | 16.5 | |
| 124 | Srivatanakul Pricha | THA | 1769 | 2.0 | 19.5 | 0 | 14.5 | |
| 125 | Karasmaki Seppo | FIN | 1866 | 2.0 | 19.5 | 0 | 13.5 | |
| 126 | Tan Tze Lin Tommy | SIN | 1704 | 2.0 | 19.0 | 0 | 14.5 | |
| 127 | Abramowski Joerg | GER | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 | 0 | 13.0 | |
| 128 | Frost Peter | AUS | 1955 | 2.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 12.0 | |
| 129 | Sriphutkiat Yannapol | THA | 1848 | 2.0 | 17.5 | 0 | 12.5 | |
| 130 | Ng Jimmy | SIN | 2108 | 2.0 | 17.5 | 0 | 12.5 | |
| 131 | Leong Gee Y | USA | 1922 | 2.0 | 13.5 | 0 | 8.5 | |
| 132 | Nakvanich Sahapol | THA | 1884 | 1.5 | 23.0 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 133 | Czarnach Anton | GER | 1572 | 1.5 | 21.5 | 0 | 16.0 | |
| 134 | Darby Peter | ENG | 1960 | 1.5 | 20.0 | 0 | 13.5 | |
| 135 | Au Hubert David | HKG | 1891 | 1.5 | 19.5 | 0 | 12.5 | |
| 136 | Lie Terje | NOR | 1632 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 0 | 12.0 | |
| 137 | Tan Fischer | SIN | 1535 | 1.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 13.0 | |
| 138 | Kuenitz Klaus | GER | 1734 | 1.0 | 17.5 | 0 | 13.0 | |
| 139 | Chen Pei Xian | MAS | 1444 | 1.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 11.5 | |
| 140 | Brunet Patrick | FRA | 0 | 0.5 | 19.0 | 0 | 13.5 | |
| 141 | Chutubtim Prayudh | THA | 1956 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 0 | 10.5 | |
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