The 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013 – last round

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GM Zhao Zong-Yuan of Australia won this strong Open tournament with 7.5 points out of 9.

Results of top 10 games of last round (view all here)

1 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537 7 ½ – ½ 6½ IM Wan Yunguo 2494
2 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Gustafsson Jan 2621
3 GM Vajda Levente 2632 6 1 – 0 6½ GM Schebler Gerhard 2445
4 GM Koneru Humpy 2597 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Venkatesh M.R. 2508
5 IM Saptarshi Roy 2426 6 0 – 1 6 GM Barbosa Oliver 2563
6 GM Laylo Darwin 2491 6 1 – 0 6 GM Megaranto Susanto 2541
7 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527 6 ½ – ½ 6 IM Wang Chen 2485
8 GM Short Nigel D 2697 5½ 1 – 0 6 GM Czebe Attila 2479
9 GM Lu Shanglei 2562 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ Nouri Hamed 2356
10 GM Paragua Mark 2557 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ WGM Kulkarni Bhakti 2231

Top 10 players after the last round with ELO gains and losses (view full standings here)

1 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan AUS 2537 2537 7.5 2695 18.5
2 IM Wan Yunguo CHN 2494 2494 7.0 2607 14.5
3 GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2621 2621 7.0 2647 5.1
4 GM Vajda Levente ROU 2632 2632 7.0 2584 -0.9
5 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2561 2561 7.0 2633 9.5
6 GM Laylo Darwin PHI 2491 2491 7.0 2592 12.9
7 GM Barbosa Oliver PHI 2563 2563 7.0 2581 3.1
8 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2527 2527 6.5 2609 12.2
9 IM Wang Chen CHN 2485 2485 6.5 2571 13.2
10 GM Koneru Humpy IND 2597 2597 6.5 2568 -0.3

Congratulations to the winner! 🙂

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The 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013 – 8th round

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GM Zhao from Australia became the leader of the tournament (7 points) after winning against GM Short in round 8. Four players – IM Wan and GMs Gustafsson, Hansen and Schebler are on 6.5

Top 10 board results of round 8 (view all here)

1 GM Schebler Gerhard 2445 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561
2 GM Short Nigel D 2697 5½ 0 – 1 6 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537
3 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Horvath Adam 2509
4 IM Wang Chen 2485 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Koneru Humpy 2597
5 IM Wan Yunguo 2494 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Lu Shanglei 2562
6 GM Megaranto Susanto 2541 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ IM Saptarshi Roy 2426
7 GM Laylo Darwin 2491 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527
8 WGM Bulmaga Irina 2389 5 0 – 1 5 GM Vajda Levente 2632
9 GM Barbosa Oliver 2563 5 1 – 0 5 FM Menkinoski Riste 2370
10 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2341 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Paragua Mark 2557

Top 10 players after 8th rounds with ELO gain/loss (view full standings here)

1 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan AUS 2537 2537 7.0 2749 19.1
2 IM Wan Yunguo CHN 2494 2494 6.5 2619 13.9
3 GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2621 2621 6.5 2662 5.9
4 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2561 2561 6.5 2638 8.7
5 GM Schebler Gerhard GER 2445 2445 6.5 2496 8.9
6 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2426 2426 6.0 2645 23.8
7 IM Wang Chen CHN 2485 2485 6.0 2582 12.6
8 GM Koneru Humpy IND 2597 2597 6.0 2582 0.9
9 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2527 2527 6.0 2631 12.8
10 GM Laylo Darwin PHI 2491 2491 6.0 2544 7.2

Some games from recent rounds (you can download games from rounds 1 to 8 here)

Pairings of the 9th round (view all of them here)

1 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537 7 6½ IM Wan Yunguo 2494
2 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561 6½ 6½ GM Gustafsson Jan 2621
3 GM Vajda Levente 2632 6 6½ GM Schebler Gerhard 2445
4 GM Koneru Humpy 2597 6 6 GM Venkatesh M.R. 2508
5 IM Saptarshi Roy 2426 6 6 GM Barbosa Oliver 2563
6 GM Laylo Darwin 2491 6 6 GM Megaranto Susanto 2541
7 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527 6 6 IM Wang Chen 2485
8 GM Short Nigel D 2697 5½ 6 GM Czebe Attila 2479
9 GM Lu Shanglei 2562 5½ 5½ Nouri Hamed 2356
10 GM Paragua Mark 2557 5½ 5½ WGM Kulkarni Bhakti 2231

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The 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013 – 7th round

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After a tough fight on first boards we again have 3 leaders – GMs Hansen, Zhao and Schebler.

Top 10 results by boards (view all here)

1 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561 5 1 – 0 5½ GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527
2 IM Wang Chen 2485 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621
3 GM Paragua Mark 2557 5 0 – 1 5 GM Schebler Gerhard 2445
4 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537 5 1 – 0 5 GM Akesson Ralf 2462
5 IM Saptarshi Roy 2426 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Laylo Darwin 2491
6 GM Sriram Jha 2421 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Short Nigel D 2697
7 GM Vajda Levente 2632 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Czebe Attila 2479
8 GM Koneru Humpy 2597 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Varga Zoltan 2472
9 Ma Zhonghan 2372 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Barbosa Oliver 2563
10 GM Lu Shanglei 2562 4½ 1 – 0 4½ IM Illingworth Max 2423

Top 10 players of the tournament after 7 rounds with ELO gains/losses (view full standings here)

1 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2561 2561 6.0 2687 10.3
2 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan AUS 2537 2537 6.0 2681 12.0
3 GM Schebler Gerhard GER 2445 2445 6.0 2509 7.3
4 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2426 2426 5.5 2669 22.2
5 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2527 2527 5.5 2660 13.3
6 IM Wan Yunguo CHN 2494 2494 5.5 2571 8.0
7 GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2621 2621 5.5 2626 2.4
8 GM Koneru Humpy IND 2597 2597 5.5 2605 2.4
9 IM Wang Chen CHN 2485 2485 5.5 2590 11.1
10 GM Laylo Darwin PHI 2491 2491 5.5 2556 6.7

Top 10 pairings of the 8th round (view all here)

1 GM Schebler Gerhard 2445 6 – 6 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561
2 GM Short Nigel D 2697 5½ – 6 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537
3 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621 5½ – 5½ GM Horvath Adam 2509
4 IM Wang Chen 2485 5½ – 5½ GM Koneru Humpy 2597
5 IM Wan Yunguo 2494 5½ – 5½ GM Lu Shanglei 2562
6 GM Megaranto Susanto 2541 5½ – 5½ IM Saptarshi Roy 2426
7 GM Laylo Darwin 2491 5½ – 5½ GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527
8 WGM Bulmaga Irina 2389 5 – 5 GM Vajda Levente 2632
9 GM Barbosa Oliver 2563 5 – 5 FM Menkinoski Riste 2370
10 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2341 5 – 5 GM Paragua Mark 2557

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The 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013 – 6th round

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GM Antonio managed to win against GM Vajda and now leads the tournament with 5.5 out of 6.

Top 10 board results of round 6 (view all of them here)

1 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Vajda Levente 2632
2 GM Akesson Ralf 2462 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Paragua Mark 2557
3 IM Saptarshi Roy 2426 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537
4 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621 4 1 – 0 4 IM Bijaoui Manuel 2416
5 Nouri Hamed 2356 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Koneru Humpy 2597
6 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561 4 1 – 0 4 IM Thejkumar M. S. 2412
7 GM Laylo Darwin 2491 4 1 – 0 4 WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma 2388
8 Bitoon Jimson 2145 4 0 – 1 4 IM Wang Chen 2485
9 GM Czebe Attila 2479 4 ½ – ½ 4 Ma Zhonghan 2372
10 GM Schebler Gerhard 2445 4 1 – 0 4 Villanueva Nelson 2261

Top 10 players after 6 rounds with ELO gains/losses (view full standings here)

1 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2527 2527 5.5 2809 17.8
2 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2426 2426 5.0 2703 21.3
3 GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2621 2621 5.0 2655 4.2
4 GM Paragua Mark PHI 2557 2557 5.0 2630 6.3
5 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2561 2561 5.0 2627 5.8
6 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan AUS 2537 2537 5.0 2630 8.0
7 IM Wang Chen CHN 2485 2485 5.0 2589 9.3
8 GM Akesson Ralf SWE 2462 2462 5.0 2650 15.1
9 GM Laylo Darwin PHI 2491 2491 5.0 2582 7.6
10 GM Schebler Gerhard GER 2445 2445 5.0 2414 0.8

Pairings of top 10 boards of round 7 (view all of them here)

1 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561 5 – 5½ GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527
2 IM Wang Chen 2485 5 – 5 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621
3 GM Paragua Mark 2557 5 – 5 GM Schebler Gerhard 2445
4 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537 5 – 5 GM Akesson Ralf 2462
5 IM Saptarshi Roy 2426 5 – 5 GM Laylo Darwin 2491
6 GM Sriram Jha 2421 4½ – 4½ GM Short Nigel D 2697
7 GM Vajda Levente 2632 4½ – 4½ GM Czebe Attila 2479
8 GM Koneru Humpy 2597 4½ – 4½ GM Varga Zoltan 2472
9 Ma Zhonghan 2372 4½ – 4½ GM Barbosa Oliver 2563
10 GM Lu Shanglei 2562 4½ – 4½ IM Illingworth Max 2423

View Live games here.

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The 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013

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The 3 leaders drew yesterday and allowed 3 others to join them.

Top 10 results of the 5th round (view all here)

1 GM Paragua Mark 2557 4 ½ – ½ 4 IM Saptarshi Roy 2426
2 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537 4 ½ – ½ 3½ GM Gustafsson Jan 2621
3 GM Vajda Levente 2632 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Gomez John Paul 2517
4 GM Koneru Humpy 2597 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Laylo Darwin 2491
5 GM Akesson Ralf 2462 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Barbosa Oliver 2563
6 IM Wang Chen 2485 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561
7 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527 3½ 1 – 0 3½ IM Wan Yunguo 2494
8 FM Juhasz Kristof 2330 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Short Nigel D 2697
9 IM Farid Firman Syah 2327 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Megaranto Susanto 2541
10 GM Horvath Adam 2509 3 ½ – ½ 3 FM Pitra Andika 2292

Top 10 players after 5 rounds with ELO gains (view all here)

1 GM Paragua Mark PHI 2557 2557 4.5 2702 7.6
2 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2426 2426 4.5 2775 19.8
3 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2527 2527 4.5 2729 11.4
4 GM Vajda Levente ROU 2632 2632 4.5 2653 2.9
5 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan AUS 2537 2537 4.5 2710 9.5
6 GM Akesson Ralf SWE 2462 2462 4.5 2707 13.8
7 GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2621 2621 4.0 2615 1.8
8 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2561 2561 4.0 2582 5 2.8
9 GM Koneru Humpy IND 2597 2597 4.0 2600 2.1
10 IM Wang Chen CHN 2485 2485 4.0 2590 8.1

Top 10 board pairings of round 6 (view all here)

1 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527 4½ – 4½ GM Vajda Levente 2632
2 GM Akesson Ralf 2462 4½ – 4½ GM Paragua Mark 2557
3 IM Saptarshi Roy 2426 4½ – 4½ GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537
4 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621 4 – 4 IM Bijaoui Manuel 2416
5 Nouri Hamed 2356 4 – 4 GM Koneru Humpy 2597
6 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561 4 – 4 IM Thejkumar M. S. 2412
7 GM Laylo Darwin 2491 4 – 4 WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma 2388
8 Bitoon Jimson 2145 4 – 4 IM Wang Chen 2485
9 GM Czebe Attila 2479 4 – 4 Ma Zhonghan 2372
10 GM Schebler Gerhard 2445 4 – 4 Villanueva Nelson 2261

A selection of games in various rounds up to round 4 (you can download them on the official site)

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