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9th THAILAND OPEN 2013 (10-19 MAY 2013)

Post by Andrew Tjon A Ong » Mon Nov 12, 2012 00:09

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INVITATION for Thailand Open 2013
Sun, sea, beach, nature, culture, friendly people, nice food, nice nightlife, draughts, … is there a better combination? Playing draughts in the morning, swimming in the sea or sitting on an elephant in the afternoon. In the evening, if you like, there are many open bars.
In May 2013 there will be an international draughts tournament in Jomtien, a nice tourist village just at the beach. Nine rounds in nine days according to the Swiss System and the rules of the FMJD. We will play eight games in the morning and one game in the afternoon. There will be enough time to take part on (of course fully voluntary) excursions, or to play rapid (‘blitz’) games, or to play a small tournament ‘Thai draughts’ with the locals. The entrance fee of the participation is 55 euro. If you want to stay in the same hotel as the tournament, the costs are app. 167 euro for 9 nights with breakfast, based on a shared room. The transfer Bangkok-Jomtien is about 8 euro per person with the minibus. Excursions are, of course, not included in the price. We recommend you to spend more days in the nice country of Thailand. Come and join the 9th International Draughts Tournament in Jomtien (‘Thailand Open’) 10-19 May 2013 in the Jomtien Garden Hotel, 31/71 Moo 12, Nongprue, Banglamoung, Chonburi 20260, THAILAND.

Playing schedule:

10 May: 19.00 hrs. Opening Tournament in Tulip House, 344/3 Jomtien Beach Road, 20260 Jomtien/Pattaya
11 May: 10.00 hrs. 1st round;
12 May: 8.00 hrs. 2nd round; 14.00 hrs. Excursion (if you like)
13 May: 8.00 hrs. 3rd round; 14.00 hrs. Excursion (if you like)
14 May: 8.00 hrs. 4th round; 15.00 hrs. 5th round
15 May: free day. Excursion (if you like)
16 May: 12.00 hrs. 6th round; 19.00 hrs. Excursion (if you like)
17 May: 8.00 hrs. 7th round; 14.00 hrs. Excursion (if you like)
18 May: 8.00 hrs. 8th round; 14.00 hrs. Excursion (if you like)
19 May: 8.00 hrs. 9th round; 15.00 hrs. Closing Ceremony

We’ll play according the rules of the FMJD. 1.30 hours for 40 moves and after that 1.00 hour for 35 moves and after that 10 seonds/move. Swiss-system. Referee is Mr. E. Davelaar, international referee of the FMJD.

Prizes:
There are many prizes (at least 50 prices, devided in money and cups) in several categories. It's depending on the amount of participants.
There are special prizes for the best Asian players, Best Women, and Youth players if there are enough participants in these categories (>3).
Do you want to join the tournament?
It's not necessary to be a strong draughts player.
It is an open tournament for everyone who wants to play international draughts.
Mail Tournament director Andrew Tjon A Ong: tjonaong@gmail.com

Winner 2005
Sharunas Mardosa (Lithuania)

Winner 2006
Ron Heusdens (Netherlands)

Winner 2007
Alexey Chizhov (Russia)

Winner 2008
Jean-Marc Ndjofang (Cameroon)

Winner 2009
Jean-Marc Ndjofang (Cameroon)

Winner 2010
Gabriel Heerema (Netherlands)

Winner 2011
Macodou Ndiaye (Senegal)

Winner 2012
Alexey Chizhov (Russia)

Thailand Open 2013 is sponsored by Tulip House, Jomtien Garden hotel, Restaurant "Ons Moeder" Pattaya, MeteoConsult and Bijnaar Lasbedrijf in The Hague.
Tuliphouse:
344/3 Jomtien Beach Road, 20260 Jomtien
Tel.: +66 38 231 134, Fax: +66 38 232 071
Email: tuliph@loxinfo.co.th
Hotel / guesthouse with seaview, Restaurant, Terrace
Thai and European kitchen, Travel agency
Rooms available for app. 10 euro

The organization of Thailand Open 2013:

Mr. Andrew Tjon A Ong
Tournament director

Mr. Evert Davelaar
Organization
International referee

Mr. Mathieu Corporaal
Organization
Sponsor

Mr. Eric van Dusseldorp
Webmaster

For registration or information, send an email to: thailanddammen@gmail.com

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The famous Trophies of Thailand Open. Of course we have a lot of other prizes like prizemoney, dinner cheques ec.etc.

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The Yakutsia delegation @ the Opening of Thailand Open 2012

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Theo Winkelaar (NL) versus Paulina Hamera (Poland)

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A view in the nice playingroom:
Polina Vinokurova (Russia) versus Mikhail Stremousov (Russia)
At the background we can see Azat Narbayev (Turkmenistan) versus Liudmila Petrova (Russia)

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The Chinese delegation during the Closing ceremony

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Tournament director Andrew Tjon A Ong (L), prizewinner Hanquin Zhao (China) and arbiter Aliaksandr Aniska (Belarus)

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Very happy Prizewinner Hiroshi Kagagushi from Japan

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Prizewinners of the women. Liudmila Petrova (Russia), Liliya Ivanova 2nd place (Russia) Natalia Shestakova 1st place (Russia) and Angelina Popova 3rd place (Russia)

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The other women prizewinners of Thailand Open 2012

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The Top 3 of Youth category: Aisen Andreev (Russia), Andrei Filimonov, Youthchampion(Russia) and Anton Permyakov(Russia)

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Excursion time! Everyday you can make another excursion

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Crocodile riding! This is a picture of Matrena Nogovitsyna (Russia) during an excursion to the Crocodile Farm

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Picture of the Group of Thailand Open 2012
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Re: 9th THAILAND OPEN 2013 (10-19 MAY 2013)

Post by Andrew Tjon A Ong » Tue Nov 27, 2012 03:21

THAILAND OPEN 2013
Time for an update of Thailand Open 2013. It goes well with Thailand Open.
We already have lots of participants for the tournament and the tour to Cambodia. Registration is still possible!
But, don't wait too long for registration!

Events Thailand Open 2013:
Trip to Dubai/Abu-Dhabi: 3-9 May 2013
Thailand Open 2013 : 10-19 May 2013
Roundtour Cambodia : 20-30 May 2013

Participants:
We already have participants from more than 20 different countries. Make sure you also add! Don't miss this tournament!
We also expect lots of more participants from China, Brasil, Russia, Mongolia and the Netherlands.
If you need more information of the roundtours or Thailand Open, or you want to participate in Thailand Open 2013, then mail to tjonaong@gmail.com

We already have an interim list of participants of sixty players:

1 GMI Alexey Chizhov (Russia)
2 GMI Guntis Valneris (Latvia)
3 GMI JeanMarc Ndjofang (Cameroon)
4 GMI Ricardo Pierre (Haiti)
5 MI Guno Burleson (Surinam)
6 Nicholas Ramsundar (Trinidad)
7 Justine Cleophas Pierre (Grenada)
8 Herman Spanjer (Thailand)
9 Damrong Yuabang Sai (Thailand)
10 Hiroshi Kawagushi (Japan)
11 Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan)
12 Farhad Huseynov (Azerbaijan)
13 Kurban Jumayev (Turkmenistan)
14 Azat Narbayev (Turkmenistan)
15 Badamdorj Tuvshinzaya (Mongolia)
16 Denis Dudco (Moldavia)
17 Anna Bezzubko (Ukraine)
18 Rima Danileviciene (Lithuania)
19 Nona Savina (Russia)
20 Valeriya Volynkina (Russia)
21 Vladimir Nechaj (Russia)
22 Andrej Filimonov (Russia)
23 Gennaro Bruno (Italy)
24 Christian Guerbert (France)
25 Fidèle Nimbi (France)
26 Patrick Casaril (Belgium)
27 Suzgo Nkhoma (Malawi)
28 Bhiem Ramdien (NL)
29 Ramon Sakidin (NL)
30 Bas Baksoellah (NL)
31 Harold Jagram (NL)
32 Nerin Bisseswar (NL)
33 Kumar Mangal (NL)
34 Gerard Peroti (NL)
35 Sam Pryor (NL)
36 Don Khedoe (NL)
37 Cyril Sluisdom (NL)
38 Rommy Moerlie (NL)
39 René Nurmohamed )NL)
40 Heve Bijnaar (NL)
41 Jordy v.d.Lugt (NL)
42 Piet Jonkers (NL)
43 Ton v.d. Ploeg (NL)
44 Leo Peters (NL)
45 René den Haan (NL)
46 Hans Kolfoort (NL)
47 Kor Sikkema (NL)
48 Anne Veenstra (NL)
49 Rene Runhaar (NL)
50 Bernard Post (NL)
51 Peter Blok (NL)
52 Jan van der Veen (NL)
53 Lennart Bolks (NL)
54 Erik Maijenburg (NL)
55 Michiel Luiten (NL)
56 Jan Jacobs (NL)
57 Harry Kolk (NL)
58 Wim Koopman (NL)
59 Harry Doomernik (NL)
60 Cock van Wijk (NL)

Also take a look at the new website of Thailand Open 2013: http://www.thailandopen.nl/
For more information and pictures of the Thailand Open, please take a look at:

Français: viewtopic.php?f=32&t=3993
Polski: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3990
Русский: viewtopic.php?f=33&t=3991
Portuguesa: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=3995
Italiano: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=3994
Español: http://www.thailandopen.nl/Spaans.html
Nederlands: viewtopic.php?f=65&t=3955
Nederlands Thailand Open 2012: viewtopic.php?t=3377
Download the flyer of the tournament: http://www.thailandopen.nl/ThailandOpenflyer2013.pdf

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Every edition of Thailand Open starts with a great party, with singing, dancing, drinking, dinner and the draw for the first round, next day!
Here you can see the famous trophees of Thailand Open. Every year we have at least 3000 euro in prize money, trophees, day prizes etc.etc.

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One of the trophees for players with a rating under 1699!

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If the Opening of the tournament is in the Tulip House, we always have a delicious buffet dinner for everyone!

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A very nice beginning of the tournament with a welcome dinner!

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Enough time to enjoy your dinner and to meet draughtsfriends from all over the world!

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This is one of the main reasons of Thailand Open: To see everybody enjoying their holiday, everyday!

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In Thailand Open everybody draw his opponent for the first round out of the champagne box.
A fairer system does not exist!

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Tournament organiser Andrew Tjon A Ong (L) with the Chinese delegation

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The Yakutsk-delegation on photo with tournament organiser Andrew Tjon A Ong in the middle

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Ten times worldchampion Alexey Chizhov from Russia with his delegation. He already registered for Thailand Open 2013 and will defend his title!

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Every year we also have a chairity event, during Thailand Open. In 2012 GMI Macodou Ndiaye (Senegal) played a whole evening simultaneous games against visitors and draughtplayers and yielded 500 euro. This amount was given to an orphanage in Pattaya.

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Nicholas Ramsundar from Trinidad & Tobago (L) is ready for his game against simultaneous player GMI Macodou Ndiaye!

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Young or old, man or woman, everybody wanted to play against a real Grandmaster. They gladly donated 1,000 baht (25 euro) for a match, because of the charity, the orphanage!

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Please come to Thailand Open and feed the elephants. They are waiting for you!
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Re: 9th THAILAND OPEN 2013 (10-19 MAY 2013)

Post by Andrew Tjon A Ong » Mon Feb 04, 2013 02:29

Time for a new update of Thailand Open 2013!
Still 3 months to go, and then the events of Thailand Open will start.

We will begin with a roundtour to Dubai & Abu-Dhabi (3-9 May 2013), then Thailand Open tournament (10-19 May) and at the end we will have a roundtrip to Cambodia (20-30 May 2013). You can still join one of more events, if you like.
For the roundtours we have app. 20 participants at this moment, and for the Thailand Open tournament we have +/- 70 participants.
Do you once want to experience this very nice draughts tournament? Do not hesitate and send an email to tjonaong@gmail.com. We arrange everything else for you in terms of transport and the hotelroom in the players' hotel.
See all information in eight languages at the tournaments website: http://www.thailandopen.nl/

Events Thailand Open 2013:
Trip to Dubai/Abu-Dhabi: 3-9 May 2013
Thailand Open 2013 : 10-19 May 2013
Roundtour Cambodia : 20-30 May 2013

We have already eighty participants and you can still join this tournament, but don't wait too long to register!
Underneath you can find the actual list of participants (update March, 12):

1 GMI Alexey Chizhov (Russia)
2 GMI JeanMarc Ndjofang (Cameroon)
3 GMI Ricardo Pierre (Haiti)
4 MI Guno Burleson (Surinam)
5 Marcel Oostburg (Surinam)
6 Nicholas Ramsundar (Trinidad)
7 Justine Cleophas Pierre (Grenada)
8 Youssou NDiaye (Senegal)
9 Mamadou Lamine Diokh (Senegal)
10 Mame Sahid Niang (Senegal)
11 Herman Spanjer (Thailand)
12 Damrong Yuabang Sai (Thailand)
13 Hiroshi Kawagushi (Japan)
14 Jason Yeo (Singapore)
15 Michael Smith (Singapore)
16 Ajith Abeysekera (Sri Lanka)
17 Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan)
18 Farhad Huseynov (Azerbaijan)
19 Glib Ushakov (Ukraine)
20 Uladzislau Splendzer (Belarus)
21 Battulga Deleg (Mongolia)
22 Denis Dudco (Moldavia)
23 Julia Romanskaia (Moldavia)
24 Rima Danileviciene (Lithuania)
25 Justinas Jankunas (Lithuania)
26 Natalia Shestakova (Russia)
27 Nona Savina (Russia)
28 Anastasiya Babkina (Russia)
29 Denis Filatov (Russia)
30 Kirill Kirillov (Russia)
31 Vladimir Nechaj (Russia)
32 Aleksandr Yurgenson (Russia)
33 Andrei Gaidukov (Russia)
34 Vyacheslav Varlamov (Russia)
35 Elena Matveeva (Russia)
36 Venera Gogoleva (Russia)
37 Elena Kychkin (Russia)
38 Alexander Ldokov (Russia)
39 Nastya Archangelshaya (Russia)
40 Anna Korotkih (Russia)
41 Rafis Rahimzyanov (Russia)
42 Ruslan Gataullin (Russia)
43 Sergei Kalinov (Russia)
44 Christian Guerbert (France)
45 Fidèle Nimbi (France)
46 Patrick Casaril (Belgium)
47 Ramon Sakidin (NL)
48 Bhiem Ramdien (NL)
49 Harold Jagram (NL)
50 Nerin Bisseswar (NL)
51 Bhaan Dihal (NL)
52 Hedwig Calender (NL)
53 Soerinder Ramdjielal (NL)
54 Kumar Mangal (NL)
55 Gerard Peroti (NL)
56 Cyril Sluisdom (NL)
57 René Nurmohamed )NL)
58 Heve Bijnaar (NL)
59 Jordy v.d.Lugt (NL)
60 Walter Thoen (NL)
61 Johan Capelle (NL)
62 Paul v.d. Lem (NL)
63 Piet Jonkers (NL)
64 Ton v.d. Ploeg (NL)
65 Leo Peters (NL)
66 Jan Nijmeijer (NL)
67 Johan van Aalderen (NL)
68 René den Haan (NL)
69 Hans Kolfoort (NL)
70 Kor Sikkema (NL)
71 Rene Runhaar (NL)
72 Bernard Post (NL)
73 Anne Veenstra (NL)
74 Jan van de Veen (NL)
75 Michiel Luiten (NL)
76 Jan Jacobs (NL)
77 Cock van Wijk (NL)
78 Frans Elzenga (NL)
79 Theo Winkelaar (NL)
80 Martin van Dijk (NL)
81 Andre Nijmeijer (NL)

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Tournament organiser Andrew Tjon A Ong versus Tournament winner 2012 Alexey Chizhov (Russia)

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Rene den Haan (NL) versus Wim Koopman (NL) They both will participate again in 2013

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Polina Vinokurova (Russia) versus Mikhail Stremousov (Russia)

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The nice playroom in the Jomtien Garden hotel

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Overview of a part of the nice playroom

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Gerard Peroti (NL) versus Hensley Rondei from Curacao

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Time to analyse the games

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Time to analyse the games

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Nice prizes for the first six players of the final standings: Alexey Chizhov, Macodou Ndiaye, Andrew Tjon A Ong, Bhiem Ramdien, Herman Spanjer & Frits Luteijn

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Re: 9th THAILAND OPEN 2013 (10-19 MAY 2013)

Post by Andrew Tjon A Ong » Wed Apr 24, 2013 04:13

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Just after two weeks, Thailand Open 2013 will start! You can still participate in this tournament. Also we have beautiful roundtrips to Dubai and Cambodia. Everybody is welcome, and everybody can register for these roundtrips! Especially the trip to Cambodia is Great. We will visit the famous Worldwonder Angkor Wat. After that we will go to Battambang, then the capital Phnom Penh (Killing Fields), and the nice beaches and Islands from Sihanoukville. A trip you should not miss!!

We have an update of the list of participants. If you are not on the list, please send an email to tjonaong@gmail.com and you can still play this nice tournament. Everyone is welcome!!

1 GMI Alexey Chizhov (Russia)
2 GMI Yuriy Anikeev (Ukraine)
3 GMI Hein Meijer (NL)
4 GMI Ricardo Pierre (Haiti)
5 GMI Macodou Ndiaye (Senegal)
6 GMI Basirou Ba (Senegal)
7 GMI Habib Kane (Senegal)
8 Nicholas Ramsundar (Trinidad)
9 Justine Cleophas Pierre (Grenada)
10 Aimé Huo Bi Gouri (Ivory Coast)
11 Herman Spanjer (Thailand)
12 Damrong Yuabang Sai (Thailand)
13 Hiroshi Kawagushi (Japan)
14 Wei Zhou (China)
15 Yifu Du (China)
16 Wensong Wang (China)
17 Haochun Qiu (China)
18 Ajith Abeysekera (Sri Lanka)
19 Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan)
20 Battulga Deleg (Mongolia)
21 Ivan Shovkoplyas (Ukraine)
22 Anatoli Iatsenko (Ukraine)
23 Julia Romanskaia (Moldavia)
24 Rima Danileviciene (Lithuania)
25 Justinas Jankunas (Lithuania)
26 Nona Savina (Russia)
27 Evgeniya Loktionova (Russia)
28 Elena Kopytova (Russia)
29 Denis Filatov (Russia)
30 Kirill Kirillov (Russia)
31 Aleksandr Iurgenson (Russia)
32 Andrei Gaidukov (Russia)
33 Vyacheslav Varlamov (Russia)
34 Elena Matveeva (Russia)
35 Venera Gogoleva (Russia)
36 Ksenia Zakharova (Russia)
37 Elena Kychkina (Russia)
38 Natalia Shestakova (Russia)
39 Vladimir Nechaj (Russia)
40 Alexander Ldokov (Russia)
41 Nastya Archangelshaya (Russia)
42 Christian Guerbert (France)
43 Fidèle Nimbi (France)
44 Patrick Casaril (Belgium)
45 Ramon Sakidin (NL)
46 Bhiem Ramdien (NL)
47 Rabinkoemar Mathoera (NL)
48 Nerin Bisseswar (NL)
49 Hedwig Callender (NL)
50 Soerinder Ramdjielal (NL)
51 Bas Bakdoellah (NL)
52 Ashok Mahabier (NL)
53 Moen Lachman (NL)
54 Kumar Mangal (NL)
55 Gerard Peroti (NL)
56 Cyril Sluisdom (NL)
57 René Nurmohamed )NL)
58 Heve Bijnaar (NL)
59 Jordy v.d.Lugt (NL)
60 Walter Thoen (NL)
61 Johan Capelle (NL)
62 Johan Alidarso (NL)
63 Ton v.d. Ploeg (NL)
64 Leo Peters (NL)
65 Jan Nijmeijer (NL)
66 Johan van Aalderen (NL)
67 René den Haan (NL)
68 Hans Kolfoort (NL)
69 Kor Sikkema (NL)
70 Rene Runhaar (NL)
71 Bernard Post (NL)
72 Anne Veenstra (NL)
73 Paul v.d. Lem (NL)
74 Erik Maijenburg (NL)
75 Michiel Luiten (NL)
76 Hans Loots (NL)
77 Jan Jacobs (NL)
78 Cock van Wijk (NL)
79 Frans Elzenga (NL)
80 Theo Winkelaar (NL)
81 Martin van Dijk (NL)
82 Andre Nijmeijer (NL)


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the Opening of the tournament is again in the Tuliphouse. We will have the draw for the first round, and then we will have dinner for all the participants and supporters, and after that we will have a party with live music, karaoke and dancing

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Time for Karaoke with Nicholas Ramsundar from Trinidad & Tobago

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They play Thai draughts in the Streets of Bangkok

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Everyday we have nice excursions! Here you can even get a massage from an elephant!

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Time to feed the tiger!

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On the left, you can see Kumar Mangal analyzing his game against Rene de Haan on the right

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Main arbiter Aliaksandr Aniska from Belarus and webmaster Eric van Dusseldorp (http://www.thailandopen.nl)

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From left to right: Best woman of Thailand Open 2012, Natalia Shestakova will defend her title, Angelina Popova (2nd) and on the right we can read that Ayanika Kychkina loves Thailand...

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You can taste lots of exotic fruit in Thailand. Come enjoy and sign up for the tournament!!
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