Today the Bangkok Chess Club Open starts! The event hosts some very strong GMs including Short, Vajda, Gustafsson, Koneru (3rd female player in the world by rating), etc.
1st round results (view all of them here)
1 101 Wang Xinyue 2117 0 0 – 1 0 GM Short Nigel D 2697 1
2 2 GM Vajda Levente 2632 0 1 – 0 0 Kulpruethanon Thanadon 2114 102
3 103 Langer Christian 2110 0 0 – 1 0 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621 3
4 4 GM Koneru Humpy 2597 0 1 – 0 0 Ilmoni Tommy 2109 104
5 105 Thanatipanonda Thotsaporn 2109 0 0 – 1 0 GM Barbosa Oliver 2563 5
6 6 GM Lu Shanglei 2562 0 1 – 0 0 Karthik V. Ap 2093 106
7 107 WFM Qiu Mengjie 2088 0 0 – 1 0 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561 7
8 8 GM Paragua Mark 2557 0 1 – 0 0 Hj Azahari Md Aliuddin 2087 108
9 109 Wong Jianwen 2076 0 0 – 1 0 GM Megaranto Susanto 2541 9
10 10 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537 0 1 – 0 0 Gurevich Alexander Y. 2074 110
Pairings of the 2nd round (view all of them here)
1 1 GM Short Nigel D 2697 1 – 1 FM Andreasen Per Naesby 2304 48
2 49 FM Pitra Andika 2292 1 – 1 GM Vajda Levente 2632 2
3 3 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621 1 – 1 FM Bisby Daniel L 2288 50
4 53 FM Pitirotjirathon Jirapak 2283 1 – 1 GM Koneru Humpy 2597 4
5 5 GM Barbosa Oliver 2563 1 – 1 FM Teerapabpaisit Wisuwat 2284 52
6 55 FM Aschenbrenner Robert 2276 1 – 1 GM Lu Shanglei 2562 6
7 7 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561 1 – 1 Kozelov Roman 2281 54
8 57 Causo Deniel 2271 1 – 1 GM Paragua Mark 2557 8
9 9 GM Megaranto Susanto 2541 1 – 1 Mu Ke 2274 56
10 59 FM Frosch Erich 2264 1 – 1 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537 10
Will post the games as soon as I get them 🙂
View Live games here.