A total of 36 countries are represented including 68 titled players at this annual and long running event held at the beautiful Dusit Thani Resort in Pattaya from 14-21 April 2013.
Top seeded defending champion Nigel Short leads 24 other Grandmasters including yet another star attraction in forth seeded Koneru Humpy but strong challenges are expected from fellow 2600 club members Levente Vajda and Jan Gustafsson while those confident of their chances include Oliver Barbosa, Liu Shanglei, Sune Berg Hansen, Mark Paragua, Susanto Megaranto, and Zhao Zong-Yuan.
Live Games are at the Bangkok Chess Club website www.bangkokchess.com.
More information and photos here: http://www.chessdom.com/thailand-open-2013-begins-photo-gallery/
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