Asian Youth Chess Championships 2025 Bangkok, Thailand (Update after round 7, Standard event) (NM Winston Joseph Silva writing for Asian Chess Federation) With only two rounds remaining in the Standard event, the battle for medals has re...
Asian Youth Chess Championships 2025 Day 1 – Rapid Event The Boys U18 section kicked off with fireworks—and one unexpected plot twist. Seeded only 32nd and untitled, China’s Zhang Zhi decided rankings were just numbers and sna...
Chess excellence—both in the region and on the global stage—is fast finding a new home in the Land of Smiles. The number of Thai children who have embraced this timeless game has grown tremendously over the past few years, transforming...
Today I'm able to visit the first day of the ongoing Thailand Juniors Chess Championship. As I entered the playing hall, the sea of players, parents, officials, coaches, and spectators caught me in awe! Thailand's Chess is ever growing rapidly. Th...
GM Gustafsson wows ‘em all in Bangkok Barely 16 hours after he dominated (as expected) the Bangkok Chess Club FIDE rated Friday night blitz held at The Royal Oak Bangkok, Grandmaster Jan Gustafsson (FIDE Elo 2620) continued to wow them by winning...
Simply Jessie! … (the untold story of a person who was orphaned at the tender age of 3 yet scaled heights and ended up being a much-needed shot in the arm to Philippine Chess) Jessie B. Villasin…the name for sure rings a bell these days, especia...
ChessMindAway launched "Chess in the Park" yesterday at Benjasiri Park, an 11.6 acres of lush greeneries, gardens, loop trails, and a playground dotted with water features, among others, located right at the heart of Bangkok Metropolis. ChessMind...
While Chess activities at the height of the pandemic soared to record highs, we also witnessed a great number of up-and-coming young stars around the world unleashing their prowess over the 64-square battlefield. Thailand is not an exception. T...
Chess is doing great around the world amidst the pandemic. Such is very true especially for the Kingdom of Thailand! The year 2022 saw great milestones for the country known as the Land of beautiful smiles! Team Silver in SEA Games! Last May, in...
by: NM Winston Joseph Silva Team Manager-DB Bangkok Capitalizing on a great opportunity to show their wares in a very formidable league, not to mention the golden chance to stay active during these difficult times, Double Bishop Bangk...
The start of the year 2020 saw a radical change in the world. Yes, the Coronavirus pandemic nearly put an end to everything. Earthlings were simply caught off guard. Lockdowns were implemented here and there, events in almost every sector were can...
In the morning of 31st May 2020, a total of 53 chess players across the globe slug it out for fun and honors as they took part in the highly successful staging of the Small World Chess Club 4th international chess.com event. CM Ziga Volf the top...
To ensure that our young students will continue to stay competitive despite the on-going crisis, we came up with the idea of having a weekend 11 board goodwill match with our friends from another province. With a cheerful yes! Coach Robert Te...
"Learn to Think, Think to Learn" the school motto says it all. Chess-playing students from the esteemed Anglo Singapore International School in Thailand never ceased to find ways of honing their skills for the game they truly love. ...
Recent years showed a tremendous surge of chess activity in this country where people say SAWASDEE KA! with the broadest of smiles as a form of greeting. One would be simply amazed of the huge turnout of participants as you go around the country f...
