Short Wins Bangkok Chess Club Open
It wasn't quite the "crème de la crème" of the chess world, but English GM Nigel Short dominated the Bangkok Chess Club Open, finishing a full point ahead of the field with a score of 8/9 points.
The other leading players in the Open competition failed to live up to their ratings; GM Jan Gustafsson scored 6½/9 and women's world champion GM Hou Yifan could only manage 6/9 against a relatively weak field.
Congratulations to Vietnamese IM Nguyen Duc Hoa, who earned a GM norm for his 7/9 score.
The top finishers in the 2012 Bangkok Chess Club Open were:
| Name | Nat | Elo | Pts | ||
| 1 | Short Nigel D | GM | ENG | 2697 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Amonatov Farrukh | GM | TJK | 2604 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Nguyen Duc Hoa | IM | VIE | 2453 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Sriram Jha | GM | IND | 2406 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Liu Qingnan | IM | CHN | 2461 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Venkatesh M R | IM | IND | 2509 | 6.5 |
| 7 | Saptarshi Roy | IM | IND | 2384 | 6.5 |
| 8 | Wan Yunguo | CHN | 2441 | 6.5 | |
| 9 | Gustafsson Jan | GM | GER | 2642 | 6.5 |
| 10 | Liu Chang | CHN | 2262 | 6.5 | |
| 11 | Nguyen Van Huy | IM | VIE | 2485 | 6.5 |
| 12 | Schebler Gerhard | GM | GER | 2449 | 6.5 |
| 13 | Neelotpal Das | GM | IND | 2462 | 6.5 |
| 14 | Hou Yifan | GM | CHN | 2639 | 6.0 |
| 15 | Severino Sander | PHI | 2344 | 6.0 | |
| 16 | Ghane Shojaat | GM | IRI | 2339 | 6.0 |
| 17 | Xiu Deshun | GM | CHN | 2492 | 6.0 |
| 18 | Contin Daniel | IM | ITA | 2331 | 6.0 |
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Games from TWIC.
