One of the biggest inter-school chess competitions, the NIST Chess Championship, will take place at NIST International School Bangkok on April 27th 2025. The competition will be open for players from all schools in Thailand and abroad, who are born in 2007 or later. We plan to accept 250 players, same number of players that joined in 2024.
You will 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 March 23. Some small and positive changes might be done as the tournament approaches. Please follow our social media pages for updates.
Here are some photos from the last year’s competition at NIST:
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You can find the registration form below:
TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS
1. INVITATION
1.1 NIST International School and Red Knight Chess Club have the honor to invite you to the 2nd NIST Chess Championship that will take place on April 27th, 2025, in NIST International School.
1.2 The championship is open to students from all schools. We will accept maximum 250 players.
1.3 The players can join in one of the following age groups:
Under 06 born 2019 or later
Under 07 born 2018
Under 08 born 2017
Under 09 born 2016
Under 10 born 2015
Under 12 born 2013/2014
Under 14 born 2011/2012
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 2013, who should be playing in U12 age group, can choose to play in U14 or U18 age groups instead.
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/nist
3.2 Registration fees are as follows:
- Early Bird - 1000 THB, by March 23.
- Regular Fee - 1250 THB, March 24 – April 10
- Late Fee - 1500 THB, April 11-20.
3.3 IMPORTANT: We will close the registrations on April 20th 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 250 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 (U6, U7, U8, U9, U10 and U12 age groups) will be 15 minutes per player, with no time increment. The time control for the Secondary division (U14 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 NIST 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.
Big thanks to our host, NIST International School Bangkok, for providing a great venue for yet another major chess competition for children in Bangkok!