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
The famous Trophies of Thailand Open. Of course we have a lot of other prizes like prizemoney, dinner cheques ec.etc.
The Yakutsia delegation @ the Opening of Thailand Open 2012
Theo Winkelaar (NL) versus Paulina Hamera (Poland)
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)
The Chinese delegation during the Closing ceremony
Tournament director Andrew Tjon A Ong (L), prizewinner Hanquin Zhao (China) and arbiter Aliaksandr Aniska (Belarus)
Very happy Prizewinner Hiroshi Kagagushi from Japan
Prizewinners of the women. Liudmila Petrova (Russia), Liliya Ivanova 2nd place (Russia) Natalia Shestakova 1st place (Russia) and Angelina Popova 3rd place (Russia)
The other women prizewinners of Thailand Open 2012
The Top 3 of Youth category: Aisen Andreev (Russia), Andrei Filimonov, Youthchampion(Russia) and Anton Permyakov(Russia)
Excursion time! Everyday you can make another excursion
Crocodile riding! This is a picture of Matrena Nogovitsyna (Russia) during an excursion to the Crocodile Farm
Picture of the Group of Thailand Open 2012
