TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
11th BCC Thailand Open 2011 (8)
Vallejo, Short and Gustafsson on 6.5/8 in Thailand
Mark Crowther - Saturday 16th April 2011
Vallejo and Gustafsson shake hands at the start of Round 8. | http://bangkokchess.com
The three favourites for the 11th BCC Thailand Open share the lead on 6.5/8 going into the final round which starts at 3am UK time. They will all be expected to win their final round encounters. Below is the press release for the tournament and 4 games from Round 8.
Top Seeds Headed for Photo Finish at Thai Chess Open
The three top seeds at the 2011 Thai Chess Open in Pattaya are tied for the lead with just one round to play, setting the stage for an exciting finish in the strongest tournament ever held in Thailand.
After top seed Paco Vallejo of Spain was held to a draw by German third seed Jan Gustafsson, Nigel Short of England took the opportunity to regain a share of the lead with a comfortable victory over Indian Grandmaster Jha Sriram. Gustafsson, who memorably beat Short in the seventh round, bravely sacrificed two pawns against the top seed on Saturday, but Vallejo could find nothing better than returning the material with a drawn endgame. "You should have watched my DVD - that's where I proposed [the new 14th move that I played]," Gustafsson said to his opponent after the game."Yes, I will download it," Vallejo replied.
The final round, which begins early Sunday at 9am, will see the top three Grandmasters facing significantly lower ranked opposition, so a three-way tie for the 100,000 Baht first prize is certainly a possibility. However lower ranked players have caused so many upsets in this event that the elite Grandmasters will be taking nothing for granted.
Leading scores:
=1 Vallejo, Short, Gustafsson 6.5
=4 Kunte, Stokke, Murshed, Voigt, Yang, Willemze, Illner, Mariano 6
The Thai Open, with a prize fund of 500,000 Baht, is being played at the Dusit Thani Pattaya Resort. 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 centre April 16
| Open Pattaya THA Mon 11th Apr 2011 - Sun 17th Apr 2011
Leading Round 8 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Vallejo Pons Francisco | GM | ESP | 2707 | 6.5 | 44.0 | 0 | 34.0 |
| 2 | Gustafsson Jan | GM | GER | 2647 | 6.5 | 43.5 | 0 | 32.5 |
| 3 | Short Nigel D | GM | ENG | 2676 | 6.5 | 42.5 | 0 | 32.0 |
| 4 | Mariano Nelson III | PHI | 2197 | 6.0 | 40.5 | 0 | 31.5 | |
| 5 | Kunte Abhijit | GM | IND | 2526 | 6.0 | 40.5 | 0 | 30.0 |
| 6 | Murshed Niaz | GM | BAN | 2455 | 6.0 | 40.0 | 0 | 30.0 |
| 7 | Illner Achim | FM | GER | 2353 | 6.0 | 39.0 | 0 | 29.5 |
| 8 | Stokke Kjetil | FM | NOR | 2407 | 6.0 | 39.0 | 0 | 29.0 |
| 9 | Voigt Martin | FM | GER | 2325 | 6.0 | 37.0 | 0 | 28.5 |
| 10 | Yang Kaiqi | IM | CHN | 2399 | 6.0 | 37.0 | 0 | 27.0 |
| 11 | Willemze Thomas | IM | NED | 2390 | 6.0 | 35.5 | 0 | 26.0 |
| 12 | Schebler Gerhard | GM | GER | 2460 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 0 | 32.0 |
| 13 | Zaw Win Lay | GM | MYA | 2382 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 0 | 31.5 |
| 14 | Sriram Jha | GM | IND | 2442 | 5.5 | 41.0 | 0 | 30.5 |
| 15 | Hopman Pieter | NED | 2365 | 5.5 | 40.0 | 0 | 30.0 | |
| 16 | Hansen Sune Berg | GM | DEN | 2603 | 5.5 | 38.5 | 0 | 29.5 |
| 17 | Illingworth Max | FM | AUS | 2345 | 5.5 | 38.5 | 0 | 29.0 |
| 18 | Saptarshi Roy | IM | IND | 2395 | 5.5 | 37.0 | 0 | 27.5 |
| 19 | Neubronner Jarred | SIN | 2262 | 5.5 | 36.5 | 0 | 28.5 | |
| 20 | Sauravh Khherdekar | FM | IND | 2325 | 5.5 | 35.0 | 0 | 25.5 |
| 21 | Teerapabpaisit Wisuwat | FM | THA | 2310 | 5.5 | 34.5 | 0 | 26.0 |
| 22 | Palit Somak | IM | IND | 2378 | 5.5 | 33.5 | 0 | 25.0 |
| 23 | Morris James | IM | AUS | 2227 | 5.0 | 40.0 | 0 | 31.5 |
| 24 | L'Ami Alina | WGM | ROU | 2297 | 5.0 | 39.0 | 0 | 30.5 |
| 25 | Sklyarov Dmitry V. | FM | RUS | 2415 | 5.0 | 38.0 | 0 | 28.5 |
| 26 | Aung Aung | IM | MYA | 2324 | 5.0 | 37.5 | 0 | 28.5 |
| Pitirojirathon Jirapak | FM | THA | 2278 | 5.0 | 37.5 | 0 | 28.5 | |
| 28 | Hou Qiang | CHN | 0 | 5.0 | 37.0 | 0 | 27.0 | |
| 29 | Lahiri Atanu | IM | IND | 2350 | 5.0 | 37.0 | 0 | 27.0 |
| 30 | Mohota Nisha | IM | IND | 2324 | 5.0 | 36.5 | 0 | 28.5 |
| 31 | Myo Naing | IM | MYA | 2317 | 5.0 | 36.5 | 0 | 27.5 |
| 32 | Bakre Tejas | GM | IND | 2530 | 5.0 | 36.0 | 0 | 27.5 |
| 33 | Romanov Alexei | IM | RUS | 2401 | 5.0 | 36.0 | 0 | 27.0 |
| 34 | Arvind Shastry | IND | 2297 | 5.0 | 36.0 | 0 | 26.5 | |
| 35 | Berezovics Alexander | FM | RUS | 2206 | 5.0 | 35.5 | 0 | 26.5 |
| 36 | Reilly Tim | FM | AUS | 2271 | 5.0 | 35.0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| 37 | Sanjay N. | IND | 2335 | 5.0 | 34.5 | 0 | 26.0 | |
| 38 | Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh | IND | 2199 | 5.0 | 34.0 | 0 | 26.0 | |
| 39 | West Guy | IM | AUS | 2360 | 5.0 | 33.5 | 0 | 25.5 |
| 40 | Contin Daniel | IM | ITA | 2316 | 5.0 | 33.5 | 0 | 25.0 |
| 41 | Nath Rupankar | IND | 2125 | 5.0 | 30.5 | 0 | 23.0 | |
| 42 | Filippov Alexander | RUS | 2264 | 5.0 | 27.0 | 0 | 20.5 | |
| 43 | Kojima Shinya | FM | JPN | 2329 | 4.5 | 42.0 | 0 | 31.5 |
| 44 | Swathi Ghate | WGM | IND | 2307 | 4.5 | 41.5 | 0 | 31.0 |
| 45 | Kananub Warot | THA | 1989 | 4.5 | 39.0 | 0 | 29.0 | |
| 46 | Singh Gurpreet Pal | IND | 0 | 4.5 | 38.0 | 0 | 28.0 | |
| 47 | Lee Kah Meng Elgin | MAS | 1904 | 4.5 | 36.5 | 0 | 28.0 | |
| 48 | Tuomala Timo | FIN | 2231 | 4.5 | 36.0 | 0 | 28.0 | |
| 49 | Prince Bajaj | IND | 2185 | 4.5 | 35.0 | 0 | 26.5 | |
| 50 | Nohr Finn | DEN | 2102 | 4.5 | 33.5 | 0 | 25.0 | |
| 51 | Lee T H Bryan | HKG | 1964 | 4.5 | 33.0 | 0 | 27.0 | |
| 52 | Brunner Karl | SUI | 2063 | 4.5 | 33.0 | 0 | 24.5 | |
| 53 | Lim Hoon Cheng | FM | SIN | 2209 | 4.5 | 32.5 | 0 | 23.5 |
| 54 | Norris Damian C | FIJ | 2072 | 4.5 | 31.5 | 0 | 22.0 | |
| 55 | Kulpruthanon Thanadon | THA | 1933 | 4.5 | 31.0 | 0 | 24.0 | |
| 56 | Saeheng Boonsueb | FM | THA | 2253 | 4.5 | 31.0 | 0 | 23.0 |
| 57 | Karma Pandya | IND | 2133 | 4.5 | 30.5 | 0 | 23.5 | |
| 58 | Takahashi Reiji | JPN | 2099 | 4.5 | 30.5 | 0 | 22.5 | |
| 59 | Topi-Hulmi Teemu | FM | FIN | 2285 | 4.5 | 30.0 | 0 | 22.5 |
| 60 | Hoffman Ron | NED | 2110 | 4.5 | 27.5 | 0 | 20.0 | |
| 61 | Eng Andre Jerome | SIN | 2150 | 4.0 | 39.5 | 0 | 31.0 | |
| 62 | Attwood James | AUS | 2019 | 4.0 | 38.0 | 0 | 29.0 | |
| 63 | Limono Handjojo | INA | 1869 | 4.0 | 37.0 | 0 | 28.0 | |
| 64 | Shetty Rahul | IM | IND | 2279 | 4.0 | 37.0 | 0 | 27.0 |
| 65 | Abdumalik Zhansaya | WFM | KAZ | 1941 | 4.0 | 36.0 | 0 | 27.5 |
| 66 | Michalet Guy | FRA | 2183 | 4.0 | 35.5 | 0 | 27.5 | |
| 67 | Wismeijer Jeroen | NED | 2083 | 4.0 | 35.5 | 0 | 26.0 | |
| 68 | Tuorila Kai | FIN | 2125 | 4.0 | 34.0 | 0 | 27.0 | |
| 69 | Chong Chor Yuen | HKG | 2051 | 4.0 | 34.0 | 0 | 25.5 | |
| 70 | Vospernik Andrej | SLO | 2205 | 4.0 | 33.5 | 0 | 25.0 | |
| 71 | Osmolny Vladimir I. | FM | RUS | 2200 | 4.0 | 33.5 | 0 | 24.5 |
| 72 | Watharow Sean | AUS | 1964 | 4.0 | 32.5 | 0 | 24.0 | |
| 73 | Steinbrecht Ralf | GER | 2222 | 4.0 | 32.5 | 0 | 23.5 | |
| 74 | Rinquest Ted | USA | 2138 | 4.0 | 32.0 | 0 | 25.0 | |
| 75 | Ilmoni Tommy | FIN | 2121 | 4.0 | 32.0 | 0 | 24.5 | |
| 76 | Nihal Manjunath | IND | 2016 | 4.0 | 30.5 | 0 | 23.0 | |
| 77 | Drummond Matthew | AUS | 2240 | 4.0 | 29.5 | 0 | 22.5 | |
| 78 | Wiwatanadate Poompong | THA | 1994 | 4.0 | 29.5 | 0 | 22.0 | |
| 79 | Sorensen Torben | IM | MLT | 2403 | 4.0 | 29.0 | 0 | 22.0 |
| 80 | Wee Chu En Kelvin | SIN | 2037 | 4.0 | 29.0 | 0 | 21.0 | |
| 81 | Andersson Christin | WIM | SWE | 2163 | 4.0 | 28.5 | 0 | 21.0 |
| 82 | Ruston Mark R | ENG | 2110 | 4.0 | 27.0 | 0 | 19.0 | |
| 83 | Sollid Stein | NOR | 2016 | 3.5 | 32.0 | 0 | 24.5 | |
| 84 | Doostkam P. | IRI | 2194 | 3.5 | 32.0 | 0 | 23.0 | |
| 85 | Sivara Poompat | THA | 1972 | 3.5 | 31.5 | 0 | 25.0 | |
| 86 | Dotsenko Viacheslav | RUS | 2069 | 3.5 | 31.0 | 0 | 23.0 | |
| 87 | Hirt Markus | SUI | 2056 | 3.5 | 31.0 | 0 | 23.0 | |
| 88 | Erlandsen Carsten | DEN | 2083 | 3.5 | 31.0 | 0 | 22.0 | |
| 89 | Laurain Dominique | FRA | 2032 | 3.5 | 30.5 | 0 | 22.5 | |
| 90 | Frederiksen Erik | DEN | 1996 | 3.5 | 30.5 | 0 | 22.5 | |
| 91 | Wee Chun Jie Eugene | SIN | 2015 | 3.5 | 30.0 | 0 | 21.0 | |
| 92 | Dale Ari | AUS | 1902 | 3.5 | 29.5 | 0 | 22.0 | |
| 93 | Savolainen Lev P. | FM | RUS | 2176 | 3.5 | 29.0 | 0 | 22.0 |
| 94 | Yutithamnon Surapole | THA | 1983 | 3.5 | 28.5 | 0 | 20.5 | |
| 95 | Messam-Sparks Lateefah | ENG | 1909 | 3.5 | 27.0 | 0 | 21.0 | |
| 96 | Shinoda Taro | JPN | 1861 | 3.5 | 26.5 | 0 | 21.0 | |
| 97 | Wattanarat Pasawon | THA | 1781 | 3.5 | 26.5 | 0 | 20.0 | |
| 98 | Thanarotrung Ratchaphon | THA | 1853 | 3.5 | 26.5 | 0 | 20.0 | |
| 99 | Santoshkashyap HG | IND | 2003 | 3.5 | 26.5 | 0 | 19.5 | |
| 100 | Atthaworadej Woradej | THA | 1638 | 3.5 | 24.0 | 0 | 18.0 | |
| 101 | Png Ren Chi | MAS | 1960 | 3.0 | 35.0 | 0 | 28.0 | |
| 102 | Akharaboollasez Akharin | THA | 1911 | 3.0 | 31.5 | 0 | 23.5 | |
| 103 | Svendsen Peter | DEN | 1974 | 3.0 | 31.5 | 0 | 23.5 | |
| 104 | Wiesebach Wolfgang | GER | 1914 | 3.0 | 31.0 | 0 | 23.5 | |
| 105 | Tuamsang Sawapop | THA | 1967 | 3.0 | 31.0 | 0 | 23.5 | |
| 106 | Arpijuntarangkoon Jaradpong | THA | 1977 | 3.0 | 31.0 | 0 | 23.0 | |
| 107 | Bianchetti Raoul | ITA | 1900 | 3.0 | 29.5 | 0 | 23.0 | |
| 108 | Jayaram R. | IND | 2070 | 3.0 | 29.5 | 0 | 21.5 | |
| 109 | Haveland Bjorn | NOR | 1952 | 3.0 | 29.0 | 0 | 22.5 | |
| 110 | Thebault Bernard | FRA | 2108 | 3.0 | 29.0 | 0 | 22.5 | |
| 111 | Lee Shane | IRL | 1834 | 3.0 | 29.0 | 0 | 21.5 | |
| 112 | Savant Riya | IND | 1681 | 3.0 | 28.5 | 0 | 21.5 | |
| 113 | Eriksson Jon | FIN | 2201 | 3.0 | 28.5 | 0 | 21.0 | |
| 114 | Koivumaki Marko | FIN | 1836 | 3.0 | 26.5 | 0 | 20.5 | |
| 115 | Tachaplalert Suvich | THA | 1792 | 3.0 | 26.5 | 0 | 19.5 | |
| 116 | Pashkov Vladimir M. | RUS | 0 | 3.0 | 26.0 | 0 | 19.0 | |
| 117 | Lee Kah Howe William | MAS | 1787 | 3.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 18.0 | |
| 118 | Campi WiIlliam | USA | 1824 | 3.0 | 23.5 | 0 | 18.5 | |
| 119 | Sriphutkiat Yannapol | THA | 1848 | 3.0 | 23.5 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 120 | Frost Peter | AUS | 1955 | 3.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 16.0 | |
| 121 | Winkler Stefan | GER | 1871 | 2.5 | 29.0 | 0 | 23.0 | |
| 122 | Lee Say Siong John | SIN | 1801 | 2.5 | 27.5 | 0 | 21.0 | |
| 123 | Nakvanich Sahapol | THA | 1884 | 2.5 | 27.0 | 0 | 20.5 | |
| 124 | Karasmaki Seppo | FIN | 1866 | 2.5 | 25.5 | 0 | 18.5 | |
| 125 | Klausen Torbjorn | NOR | 1601 | 2.5 | 25.0 | 0 | 18.5 | |
| 126 | Darby Peter | ENG | 1960 | 2.5 | 25.0 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 127 | Au Hubert David | HKG | 1891 | 2.5 | 24.5 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 128 | Ng Jimmy | SIN | 2108 | 2.5 | 23.0 | 0 | 17.0 | |
| 129 | Tominski Norbert | GER | 1966 | 2.0 | 32.5 | 0 | 24.5 | |
| 130 | Low Zhen Yu Cyrus | SIN | 1461 | 2.0 | 30.0 | 0 | 21.5 | |
| 131 | Srivatanakul Pricha | THA | 1769 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 19.5 | |
| 132 | Tan Tze Lin Tommy | SIN | 1704 | 2.0 | 24.5 | 0 | 19.5 | |
| 133 | Tan Fischer | SIN | 1535 | 2.0 | 23.5 | 0 | 18.5 | |
| 134 | Abramowski Joerg | GER | 0 | 2.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 18.0 | |
| 135 | Chen Pei Xian | MAS | 1444 | 2.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 14.5 | |
| 136 | Leong Gee Y | USA | 1922 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 10.0 | |
| 137 | Czarnach Anton | GER | 1572 | 1.5 | 26.5 | 0 | 20.5 | |
| 138 | Lie Terje | NOR | 1632 | 1.5 | 22.0 | 0 | 16.5 | |
| 139 | Kuenitz Klaus | GER | 1734 | 1.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| 140 | Brunet Patrick | FRA | 0 | 0.5 | 22.0 | 0 | 16.0 | |
| 141 | Chutubtim Prayudh | THA | 1956 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 13.0 | |
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