Thailand Pattaya Open 2019 begins

by Peter Long - 24/10/2019

The second edition of Thailand Pattaya Open 2019 was pawned off on 23rd October 2019. Four players - IM Haridas Pascua, GM Villamayor Buenaventura, IM Daniel Quizon and FM Naung Thet are in the lead at the conclusion of round 3. Top seed GM Saptarshi Roy was held to a draw by FM Thanadon Kulpruethanon in round 3. Total 261 players are taking part from 31 different countries in six different sections in this massive festival at Pattaya from 19th - 30th October 2019 at Bay Beach Resort. Photo: FM FT IA Peter Long

Four-way lead after round 3

IM Haridas Pascua (PHI, 2425), GM Villamayor Buenaventura (SGP, 2371), IM Daniel Quizon (PHI, 2329) and FM Naung Thet (MYA, 2271) are at 100% score at the conclusion of round 3 with a score of 3.0/3.

Top boards in action | Photo: Peter Long

Top seed GM Saptarshi Roy (IND, 2456) was held to a draw by FM Thanadon Kulpruethanon (THA, 2216) in round 3.

Thailand has been Saptarshi's hunting ground for quite a while

Indonesia's GM Utut Adianto, now President of the All Indonesia Chess Federation (PERCASI) once gave a speech in which he said, it was hard to start a new event but even more difficult to hold it a second time and so if we want to believe him then we have to congratulate the organisers of the 2nd Thailand Pattaya Open Chess Championships!

Organizers, Arbiters and Tournament Staff | Photo: Pattaya Open 2019 facebook

The Open started on 23rd October 2019 with 93 participants from 23 countries and including 20 titled players while the Amateur started on 24 October with 66 players from 16 countries.

The Amateur section | Photo: Peter Long

Once again the Thailand Pattaya Open was organised by the dynamic duo of "Golden Cat" Sajjapornthep Gcat Jarunpol and Bowtie S Jita at the well appointed Bay Beach Resort Jomtien located in a more quiet part of Pattaya.

The glittering trophies are up for grabs for the prize winners | Photo: Peter Long

In the first round, fourth seeded "local" GM Gerhard Schebler, conceded a draw against young Singaporean Ashwin Hariharan. Even as the student, CM Cyrus Nisban continued his lessons against his coach GM Bong Villamayor.

Poompong earlier in this year held the legendary GM Nigel Short to a draw | Photo: Bangkok Chess Club

Poompong Wiwantanadate cavemanned FM Michael Coenen and Tinnakrit Arunnuntapanich took advantage of a blunder by "local" IM Kjetil Stokke.

There are four different age-group categories for kids | Photo: Pattaya Open 2019 facebook

Delectable desserts for participants | Photo: Pattaya Open 2019 facebook

The presentation makes it difficult to resist the temptation | Photo: Pattaya Open 2019 facebook

Round 3 results in Open

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	17	FM	Kulpruethanon Thanadon	2216	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Saptarshi Roy	2456	1
2	2	GM	Gomez John Paul	2433	2	½ - ½	2	CM	Kananub Warot	2206	18
3	20	FM	Habla Jony	2152	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Pascua Haridas	2425	3
4	21		Langreck John	2149	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	2371	5
5	10	IM	Quizon Daniel	2329	2	1 - 0	2	FM	Wiwatanadate Poompong	2043	30
6	14		Salvador Louie	2257	2	½ - ½	2		Arunnuntapanich Tinnakrit	2025	32
7	4	GM	Schebler Gerhard	2398	1½	1 - 0	1½	FM	Lamorelle Yves	2100	24
8	39	WIM	Mordido Kylen Joy	1946	1½	½ - ½	1½	FM	Turqueza Mari Joseph	2317	11
9	35		Laddha Yash Jayesh	1989	1½	0 - 1	1½		Grafil Franz Robert	2231	15
10	19		Yaniuk Volodymyr	2189	1½	1 - 0	1½		Ashwin Hariharan	1837	51

Complete results

Round 4 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	3	IM	Pascua Haridas	2425	3		3	IM	Quizon Daniel	2329	10
2	5	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	2371	3		3	FM	Thet Naung	2271	13
3	1	GM	Saptarshi Roy	2456	2½		2½		Yaniuk Volodymyr	2189	19
4	32		Arunnuntapanich Tinnakrit	2025	2½		2½	GM	Gomez John Paul	2433	2
5	18	CM	Kananub Warot	2206	2½		2½	GM	Schebler Gerhard	2398	4
6	9	FM	Kyaw Lay Htaik	2343	2½		2½	FM	Kulpruethanon Thanadon	2216	17
7	44		Sajjapornthep Jarunpol	1876	2½		2½		Salvador Louie	2257	14
8	11	FM	Turqueza Mari Joseph	2317	2		2		Laddha Shubh Jayesh	1905	43
9	34		Shrutarshi Ray	2006	2		2	FM	Mariano Nelson Iii	2283	12
10	39	WIM	Mordido Kylen Joy	1946	2		2	FM	Habla Jony	2152	20

Complete pairings

About the Author

IA Peter Long is a Fide Master and heads the Institute for Chess Excellence which is also the National Chess Academy of the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) and a Regional Asian Chess Federation Academy. He is also the Press Officer for the Asian Chess Federation as well as Features Editor for American Chess Magazine.

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