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Over 300 players from more than 40 countries are competing in the Bangkok Open and Challengers tournaments, held in the centre of Bangkok at the Dusit Thani Hotel.
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5.0/5 - Loek Van Wely seems to like to play in Bangkok
On Wednesday - the first day of Thailand's Songkran Festival - the 43-year Dutch player his fifth win in five games by outplaying India's 17-year-old Grandmaster Narayanan Sunilduth.
Van Wely moved ahead of the peleton because top seeded Spaniard Paco Vallejo was held to a draw by van Wely's compatriot Benjamin Bok in a less-than-riveting 15 move encounter.
Vallejo and Bok join a pack of five players just half a point behind van Wely, including Grandmasters Jan Gustafsson and Dhopade Swapnil as well as the little known Chines Nie Xinyang. 15-year-old Nie, who had defeated Grandmaster Gerhard Schebler in the previous round, continued his good form by beating Anton Smirnov from Australia.
Nie Xinyang vs Anton Smirnov
Thai hopes were riding on the shoulders of Boonsueb Saeheng but the Bangkok veteran erred badly against Nigel Short.
Nigel Short (with White) against Boonsueb Saehaeng
Text and Photos: Press Office, 16th Bangkok Chess Club Open
| Rg. | Snr | Name | Typ | Land | Elo | Pkt. | Wtg1 | Wtg2 | Rp | |
| 1 | 3 | GM | Van Wely Loek | NED | 2654 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 16,0 | 3084 | |
| 2 | 1 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2691 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 2680 | |
| 3 | 7 | GM | Bok Benjamin | NED | 2604 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 17,5 | 2668 | |
| 4 | 11 | GM | Swapnil S. Dhopade | IND | 2499 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 15,0 | 2632 | |
| 5 | 49 | Nie Xinyang | U18 | CHN | 2227 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 15,0 | 2575 | |
| 6 | 5 | GM | Gustafsson Jan | GER | 2629 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 14,5 | 2584 | |
| 7 | 4 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | IND | 2647 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 17,5 | 2519 | |
| 8 | 10 | GM | Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan | U18 | IND | 2501 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 16,5 | 2522 |
| 9 | 20 | FM | Yeoh Li Tian | U18 | MAS | 2400 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 16,0 | 2451 |
| 10 | 23 | IM | Dimakiling Oliver | PHI | 2372 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 15,5 | 2356 | |
| 11 | 19 | IM | Roy Prantik | IND | 2402 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 15,5 | 2393 | |
| 12 | 22 | IM | Himanshu Sharma | IND | 2384 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 15,5 | 2426 | |
| 13 | 39 | FM | Pitra Andika | INA | 2260 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 15,5 | 2460 | |
| 14 | 2 | GM | Short Nigel D | ENG | 2671 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 15,0 | 2445 | |
| 15 | 16 | IM | Liang Awonder | U18 | USA | 2410 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 15,0 | 2481 |
| 16 | 8 | GM | Halkias Stelios | GRE | 2553 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 14,5 | 2438 | |
| 17 | 6 | GM | Khairullin Ildar | RUS | 2629 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 14,5 | 2435 | |
| 18 | 33 | FM | Mohamad Ervan | INA | 2301 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 14,5 | 2415 | |
| 19 | 14 | IM | Sipila Vilka | FIN | 2440 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 13,5 | 2399 | |
| 20 | 18 | IM | Wynn Zaw Htun | MYA | 2407 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 13,5 | 2340 | |
| 21 | 12 | GM | Gordon Stephen J | ENG | 2496 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 13,0 | 2363 | |
| 22 | 31 | FM | Causo Deniel | PHI | 2311 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 2290 | |
| 23 | 29 | FM | Dang Hoang Son | VIE | 2325 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 2532 | |
| 24 | 13 | IM | Smirnov Anton | U18 | AUS | 2479 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 16,5 | 2314 |
| 25 | 36 | FM | Saeheng Boonsueb | THA | 2292 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 16,0 | 2340 |
