Living on a prayer in Pattaya

     The 13th BCC Open has finished. The tournament was won convincingly by the Australian GM Zhao-Zong Yuan, being the only one to score 7,5p out of 9.

1		GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	AUS	2537	2537	0	7.5	0.0	51.5	41.50	6	40.0	2695	9	7.5	5.65	1.85	10	18.5
2		IM	Wan Yunguo	CHN	2494	2494	0	7.0	0.0	54.5	41.00	6	36.5	2607	9	7	5.55	1.45	10	14.5
3		GM	Gustafsson Jan	GER	2621	2621	0	7.0	0.0	54.5	40.75	5	37.5	2647	9	7	6.49	0.51	10	5.1
4		GM	Vajda Levente	ROU	2632	2632	0	7.0	0.0	53.5	41.00	6	35.5	2584	9	7	7.09	-0.09	10	-0.9
5		GM	Hansen Sune Berg	DEN	2561	2561	0	7.0	0.0	53.5	40.50	5	38.0	2633	9	7	6.05	0.95	10	9.5
6		GM	Laylo Darwin	PHI	2491	2491	0	7.0	0.0	51.5	39.50	5	36.5	2592	9	7	5.71	1.29	10	12.9
7		GM	Barbosa Oliver	PHI	2563	2563	0	7.0	0.0	50.5	38.00	6	35.5	2581	9	7	6.69	0.31	10	3.1
8		GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	PHI	2527	2527	0	6.5	0.0	55.5	38.25	5	37.5	2609	9	6.5	5.28	1.22	10	12.2
9		IM	Wang Chen	CHN	2485	2485	0	6.5	0.0	54.5	37.50	4	36.5	2571	9	6.5	5.18	1.32	10	13.2
10		GM	Koneru Humpy	IND	2597	2597	0	6.5	0.0	53.5	37.00	4	36.0	2568	9	6.5	6.53	-0.03	10	-0.3
11		GM	Short Nigel D	ENG	2697	2697	0	6.5	0.0	50.5	34.50	6	33.5	2520	9	6.5	7.71	-1.21	10	-12.1
12		GM	Venkatesh M.R.	IND	2508	2508	0	6.5	0.0	49.0	35.00	4	33.5	2463	9	6.5	6.72	-0.22	10	-2.2
13			Ma Zhonghan	CHN	2372	2372	0	6.5	0.0	48.0	33.25	4	34.0	2496	9	6.5	4.84	1.66	15	24.9
14		GM	Schebler Gerhard	GER	2445	2445	0	6.5	0.0	47.0	31.25	5	35.0	2454	9	6.5	5.87	0.63	10	6.3
15		GM	Horvath Adam	HUN	2509	2509	0	6.5	0.0	46.5	31.75	5	33.5	2460	9	6.5	6.75	-0.25	10	-2.5
16			Rishi Sardana	IND	2232	2232	0	6.5	0.0	46.5	30.50	6	30.0	2443	9	6.5	4.10	2.40	15	36.0

     Here is the link where you can find the full  final standings: http://chess-results.com/tnr94564.aspx?art=1&rd=9&lan=11&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984

Zhao Zong-Yuan

The only other Romanian playing in the event-Levente Vajda, took the 4th place

Chess-a game for everyone

The 5 best players receiving their trophies

Enjoying some coconut juice with my roommate- Irene Sukandar

Playing vs Levente Vajda in the 8th round- it was an interesting game!

      The tournament was organized on a very high level- mr.Kai Tuorila made a very good job. I recommend to everyone this tournament and I will also come the next year!
      We went in the center after the closing ceremony- to listen to my favourite Thai band in the Hottuna Bar for the last time. It was a fun night!
   
xoxo from Bangkok

Thailand,I'm coming!

     I'm very excited to add a new tournament to my calendar for the 2013 year-the 13th BCC Open, held in Thailand from the 14th to the 21st of April! I've never been to this country before and I'm sooo looking forward to visiting it! Here's the official site of the event: http://bangkokchess.com/events-calendar/13th-bcc-open-2013

The Dusit Thani Pattaya Resort,the place where the tournament will be played

     Looks like the summer will start a little bit earlier for me! :D