THOUGHTS OF A CHESS ADDICT

Participants can have up to Thursday 10pm to sign up for the tournament. I would suggest that you come to Thomson CC personally to make payment if you are afraid that your mailed entries cannot reach the CC in time.

For interested players wanting to play in the Thomson Blitz, it is on June 1 Sunday 9am so we can give away the prizes in line with the other events. This tournament is not rated. Hope to see more enthusiasts in the 1st incremental time control blitz tournament!

The annual Thomson Cup International comes back with a new format THOMSON CHESS FIESTA It is Singapore's first tournament played under incremental time controls at CC level competition. We have decided to take this bold step to drop the 60min per side time control due to problems in FIDE rating compliance. Having the tournament in 25 mins with 5 second increments allows each round to complete within 80 minutes and gives the players 9 rounds of chess instead of the usual 7. This tournament shall be FIDE rated under Rapid Chess. As such, foreign players wishing to participate must obtain their valid FIDE-ID when submitting their entries or it shall be rejected and their entries refunded. In addition, we have added a blitz tournament also based on incremental time control (ie 3 minutes with 2 second increments) to be played Sunday morning from 9am sharp. This will be a treat for those wishing to try out the incremental time controls over the sudden death modes. However, I do advise yo