



Highlights from the 17th Happy Pawn Chess Tournament
Big thanks to all the kids who participated in our chess tournament. Your enthusiasm and skills were the highlight of the day. It was inspiring to see you all engaged in the game we love.
The excitement continues with our next chess tournament! It’s an excellent opportunity for more play, learning, and fun.
Details will be shared soon, so be ready to join us for another round of chess fun. See you at the next event!
Gallery Highlights
As usual you can find all the tournament pictures on Google Photos:












👑 Tournament Podium 👑



Note: The winner of the tie break for the 3rd place (5min + 3sec/move) was Mickey
🏆 Category Winners 🏆
🌟 U6 Category 🌟
🌟 U8 Category 🌟
🌟 U10 Category 🌟
🌟 U12 Category 🌟
U6 = born before 01/01/2017
U8 = born before 01/01/2015
U10 = born before 01/01/2013
U12 = born before 01/01/2011
Best Tournament Performances
Rank | Participant | ELO Increase |
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1 | Veer | +96 |
2 | Hiro | +50 |
3 | Itamar | +50 |
4 | Veer B | +49 |
5 | Shuoshuo | +42 |
6 | Mickey | +34 |
7 | Caden | +30 |
8 | Leo | +23 |
9 | Wanchai | +19 |
10 | Kin | +12 |
11 | Jacky | +11 |
12 | Dandy | +4 |
13 | Teetad | +4 |
The Elo rating system used by Happy Pawn is modeled after the official Elo ranking algorithm and is uniquely applied to over-the-board tournaments hosted by Happy Pawn You can see our leaderboard here:
For further information about our calculation methodology and the data we utilize, please feel free to reach out to us.
Special Thanks

Our heartfelt thanks to Alliance Française de Bangkok for providing the perfect space for our event.
Organizing Team
A special shout-out to our amazing team who worked tirelessly to make this event a success:
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Sébastien Ferrand
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Apin
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Louis
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Prae