21st BCC Open 2024 starts at Hua Hin

by Peter Long - 14/04/2024

21st Bangkok Chess Club Open 2024 started yesterday. A total of 223 players including 11 GMs, 22 IMs, 2 WGMs and 7 WIMs are taking part in the Open section. The first round did not witness any major upsets. Only a few draws occurred. The Challengers section has 84 players taking part. Players from a combined total of 40 countries across the world are playing in two sections. GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR) is the top seed of the event. The highest rated Indian in the field is GM Pranesh M. Both players have won their respective first round games. Check out the Round 1 report written by Peter Long. Photos: FM FT IA Peter Long/Bangkok Chess Club

21st BCC Open and Challengers 2024 gets underway at Sheraton Hua Hin Resort and Spa

Hua Hin is the new “it” destination in Thailand, and while not quite exactly on the same footing as the French Riviera, the Bahamas or other locations popularised by the Beach Boys and related artists, it has now become a magnet for local vacationers and a preferred home for Western retirees.

Round 1 in progress

The Open and Challenger sections of the tournament with a total of 307 participants hosted separately in two adjoining ballrooms, once again confirming its status as an integral and important Asian chess event.

Chief Organiser - Kai Tuorila introducing the Chief Arbiter - IA Maung Maung Lwin and other team members

Indian players have always had a sizeable representation, at the BCC Open but 2024 has seen a sharp increase, with 82 players showing up, and indeed we are wishing that in time to come they will return not only for chess but to take advantage of the Sheraton Hua Hin being a specialist in Indian weddings!

Round one has seen no upsets if we ignore a few draws.

IM Oleg Badmatsyrenov - WIM Chandreyee Hajra: 0.5-0.5

Refreshments

The Chief organiser being shown no mercy by GM Deepan Chakravarthy

Top boards

Welcome chocolate at the room

Every year the BCC Open continues to innovate despite being very conservative and sticking to a formal that has proven to be successful in the 25 years since it first started ( a few years were lost as a consequence of the global COVID-19 pandemic).

Makruk, better known internationally as Thai chess, even if this game actually pre-dates the chess we know and love to then origins which is Chaturanga, makes its first appearance as a two-day foreigner only side event.

Replay Round 1 Open games

Round 1 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	113		Kavin, Vijayakumar	U18	IND	1966	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy		UKR	2561	1	PGN
2	2	GM	Pranesh, M	U18	IND	2538	0	1 - 0	0		Lozano, Arvie		PHI	1966	114	PGN
3	115		Shen, Zhiyuan		AUS	1963	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2537	3	PGN
4	4	GM	Peng, Xiongjian		CHN	2521	0	1 - 0	0		Shen, Ree Herng	U18	MAS	1956	116	PGN
5	117		Siddharth, Gopakumar		ENG	1956	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Makhnev, Denis		KAZ	2516	5	PGN
6	6	GM	Samant, Aditya S	U18	IND	2512	0	1 - 0	0		Tobor, Mick	S50	GER	1952	118	PGN
7	119		Dinesh, Rajan M		IND	1948	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Lalit, Babu M R		IND	2508	7	PGN
8	8	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2507	0	1 - 0	0		Jain, Kushagra	U18	IND	1942	120	PGN
9	121	WFM	Mejia, Cherry Ann		PHI	1941	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Sengupta, Deep		IND	2500	9	PGN
10	10	GM	Zhao, Zong-Yuan		AUS	2485	0	1 - 0	0	WFM	Doroy, Allanney Jia		PHI	1939	122	PGN

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	1	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy			UKR	2561	1	0	0	0,00	1	1	10	0,8
	2	GM	Pranesh, M	U18		IND	2538	1	0	0	0,00	1	1	10	0,8
	4	GM	Peng, Xiongjian			CHN	2521	1	0	0	0,00	1	1	10	0,8
	5	GM	Makhnev, Denis			KAZ	2516	1	0	0	0,00	1	1	10	0,8
	6	GM	Samant, Aditya S	U18		IND	2512	1	0	0	0,00	1	1	10	0,8
	7	GM	Lalit, Babu M R			IND	2508	1	0	0	0,00	1	1	10	0,8
	8	GM	Das, Sayantan			IND	2507	1	0	0	0,00	1	1	10	0,8
	9	GM	Sengupta, Deep			IND	2500	1	0	0	0,00	1	1	10	0,8
	10	GM	Zhao, Zong-Yuan			AUS	2485	1	0	0	0,00	1	1	10	0,8
	11	IM	Srihari, L R			IND	2482	1	0	0	0,00	1	1	10	0,8

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy		UKR	2561	1	1	CM	Kamalsyah, Muhammad		INA	2177	60
2	59	WGM	Frayna, Janelle Mae		PHI	2190	1	1	GM	Pranesh, M	U18	IND	2538	2
3	61	IM	Mabusela, Johannes Manyedi		RSA	2176	1	1	GM	Peng, Xiongjian		CHN	2521	4
4	5	GM	Makhnev, Denis		KAZ	2516	1	1		Than, Min Hlaing		MYA	2168	64
5	63		Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	U18	IND	2170	1	1	GM	Samant, Aditya S	U18	IND	2512	6
6	7	GM	Lalit, Babu M R		IND	2508	1	1		Amores Gago, Javier		ESP	2141	66
7	65	FM	Rahman, Md. Taibur		BAN	2166	1	1	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2507	8
8	9	GM	Sengupta, Deep		IND	2500	1	1		Teo, Hong Ming		SGP	2132	68
9	67		Otsuka, Shou		JPN	2138	1	1	GM	Zhao, Zong-Yuan		AUS	2485	10
10	11	IM	Srihari, L R		IND	2482	1	1	FM	Tobing, Daniel Hermawan Lumban		INA	2098	72

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Links

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