Our newest big inter-school chess competition is coming up on June 1st at KIS International School Bangkok! The competition will take place in the school’s auditorium, which has a terrace for the parents who want to observe the games from above. The competition is open for players from all schools in Thailand and abroad, who are born in 2007 or later. We plan to accept up to 200 players. We will have U7, U9, U11, U13 and U18 category, but depending on the number of registered players, we may also include U6, U8, U10 and U12 categories. If we do that, we will sort out the playing list by year of birth and we will inform the parents closer to the tournament date.
Please find the Registration Form and the Tournament regulations below in this article. Please carefully read the tournament regulations and the conditions, before submitting the registration form. The Early Bird fee deadline is April 30. Some small and positive changes might be done as the tournament approaches. Please follow our social media pages for updates.
TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS
1. INVITATION
1.1 KIS International School Bangkok and Red Knight Chess Club have the honor to invite you to the KIS Inter-School Chess Championship that will take place on June 1st, 2025, at KIS International School.
1.2 The championship is open to students from all schools. We will accept maximum 200 players.
1.3 The players can join in one of the following age groups:
Under 07 born 2018 or later
Under 09 born 2016/2017
Under 11 born 2014/2015
Under 13 born 2012/2013
Under 18 born 2007/2008/2009/2010
1.4 IMPORTANT: Players can play in a higher age group if they choose to do so. For example, a player born in 2016, who should be playing in U09 age group, can choose to play in U11, U13 or U18 age groups instead.
1.5 When choosing the age group, only the year of birth matters, while the birth date is irrelevant.
2. AWARDS
2.1 Individual awards
- In each age group, we will award trophies to the Winner, the 1st and the 2nd Runners-up.
- In each age group, we will award medals to the 3rd and 4th Runners-up.
- E-certificates will be sent to all players who will show up in the tournament.
2.2 Team awards
- We will award team trophies to the: BEST SCHOOL TEAM, 1st and 2nd Runners-Up School Teams. The results will be calculated based on the top 5 performing players of each school team.
2.3 IMPORTANT: This is primarily an individual competition. The players are being registered by their parents, not by their schools. The schools that will have minimum 5 participants will have a school team, and all the players from those schools will be a part of their respective school teams by default.
3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURE AND DEADLINES
3.1 You can register by filling in the registration form on this link:
https://redknightchess.com/kis
3.2 Registration fees are as follows:
- Early Bird - 1000 THB, by April 30.
- Regular Fee - 1250 THB, May 1-14.
- Late Fee - 1500 THB, May 15-28.
3.3 IMPORTANT: We will close the registrations on May 28th at 23:00h, and we will not accept any more players after that. The registrations will be closed earlier in case of reaching the maximum number of 200 players.
4. PAYMENT, CANCELLATIONS AND REFUND POLICY
4.1 In order to submit the registration, you will need to upload the proof of payment (a screenshot, a photo or a pdf file, not exceeding 1 megabyte) in the Registration Form. You will not be able to complete the Registration Form without uploading the proof of payment.
4.2 Please find the details of the bank account:
Kasikorn bank, Sukhumvit 33 branch
Account number: 062-1-75111-5
Red Knight Chess Co., Ltd.
4.3 The registrations are non-refundable and non-transferable.
4.4 Lunch is not included in the registration fee. We will inform about lunch options both for the players and the parents, as the tournament approaches.
5. SCHEDULE
5.1 For all Age Groups
07:30 - 08:30 Arrival and confirmation of presence.
9:00 Pairings and Technical Meeting
9:30 Round 1
10:20 Round 2
11:10 Round 3
Lunch break after Round 3
13:00 Round 4
13:50 Round 5
14:40 Round 6
16:00 Awarding Ceremony
5.2 IMPORTANT: Some rounds might start slightly later due to different time controls in the Primary and Secondary age groups. This is our best estimation. The Awarding Ceremony might be as early as 16:00, if all games finish by 15:30.
6. TIME CONTROL AND PAIRINGS
6.1 The time control for the Primary division (U7, U9, and U11 age groups) will be 15 minutes per player, with no time increment. The time control for the Secondary division (U13 and U18 age groups) will be 15 minutes per player with an increment of 5 seconds per move.
6.2 In both divisions, 6 rounds will be played by SWISS Pairing System.
6.3 Depending on the size of the age group, the organizer may need to make some changes which will be printed and published at the playing venue.
7. YEAR OF BIRTH
7.1 Parents do not need to send us a proof of birth of their children. However, parents should present a proof of the date of birth of their child, if the arbiters request it. Please make sure that you write the correct year birth in the Registration Form. We only need the correct year, the month and the day are not relevant.
8. DRESS CODE
8.1 With exception of those students who study in schools in which there are no school uniforms, the students are requested to appear in their regular school uniform, their PE school uniform, or
8.2 Students can also play in their school team Chess T-Shirt, if they are studying in a school which has a chess team.
9. PERMISSIONS
9.1 By registering for the tournament, you give consent that you may appear on a promotional photo or video materials that will be published on the KISB and RKCC websites and/or social media pages. Where this applies to a minor, the parents give consent by submitting the registration form.
10. CONTACT
10.1 If you need more information about the tournament, before calling us please either:
- Send us an email at redknightchessbkk@gmail.com or, info@redknightchess.com.
- Contact us by our official Line account @RedKnight (with @) or through our social media pages (You can find us on Facebook as RedKnightChess and Instagram as RedKnightChessClub).
- Contact phone number: 085-313-3300 (Available on LINE and WhatsApp). Our staff will get back to you on working days between 10:00 and 18:00. Looking forward to seeing many of you at KIS International School on June 1st!