Nguyen Anh Koi U12 is already a star in Vietnam, many other local stars are entering the competition
The ASEAN chess championships for U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14, U-16, and U-20 Age-Groups for Girls and Open begin in Thailand today. Standard, rapid, and blitz chess will be part of the festival program with the following time controls:
Standard Chess: Each player has 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment (starting from first move).
Rapid Chess: Each player has 25 minutes to complete the game.
Blitz Chess: Each player has 5 minutes to complete the game.
A total of 386 players among which 3 IMs, 3 WIMs, 19 FMs, and 10 WFMs will participate in the rapid championship. See full list of ASEAN girls participants here and the full list of ASEAN boys participants here. Tomorrow the lists for the standard and blitz competitions will be announced.
The top three players of each group will be awarded medals, while the winners of the ASEAN U20 girls and boys groups will be awarded WIM and IM titles.
Schedule
| 5th June 2013 | 20.00 | Arrival Technical Meeting |
| 6th June 2013 | 09.30 – 10.30 13.00 – 17.00 |
Opening Ceremony Rapid Chess, Rounds 1,2,3,4,5 |
| 7th June 2013 | 09.00 – 13.00 16.00 – 20.00 |
Rapid Chess, Rounds 6,7 Blitz Chess Social Night & Awards Ceremony for Rapid and Blitz Chess |
| 8th June 2013 | 09.00 − 13.0016.00 – 20.00 | City Tour & ASEAN Chess Confederation Standard Chess, Round 1 |
| 9th June 2013 | 09.00 – 13.00 16.00 – 20.00 |
Standard Chess, Round 2 Standard Chess, Round 3 |
| 10th June 2013 | 09.00 − 13.00 16.00 – 20.00 |
Standard Chess, Round 4 Standard Chess, Round 5 |
| 11th June 2013 | 09.00 – 13.00 14.00 onwards |
Standard Chess, Round 6 Free Day / City Tour |
| 12th June 2013 | 09.00 − 13.00 16.00 – 20.00 |
Standard Chess, Round 7 Standard Chess, Round 8 |
| 13th June 2013 | 09.00 – 13.00 16.00 – 20.00 |
Standard Chess, Round 9 Awarding Ceremony for Standard Chess followed by Closing Ceremony |
| 14th June 2013 | Before 12.00 | Departure |
