



Highlights from the 20th Happy Pawn Chess Tournament
Huge thanks to every young chess champ at our tournament! Your incredible skills and enthusiasm really lit up the day. It was awesome to watch you all having a blast with chess. 🌟
Stay tuned for details on our next chess tournament. We’re excited to welcome you back for more excitement and fun! See you at the next event! ✨
Discover Upcoming Events 📅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 Itamar
🏆 Category Winners 🏆
🌟 U6 Category 🌟
🌟 U8 Category 🌟
🌟 U10 Category 🌟
🌟 U12 Category 🌟
🌟 U14 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
U14 = born before 01/01/2009

Games From the Tournament!
Click here to watch recorded moves from this tournaments! see the action unfold, learn some tricks, and enjoy the game. Perfect for everyone, from beginners to grandmasters.
Watch Recorded GamesBest Tournament Performances
Rank | Participant | ELO Increase |
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1 | Potter | +124 |
2 | Daichi | +58 |
3 | Itamar | +57 |
4 | Veer B | +44 |
5 | Mika | +42 |
6 | Lucas P | +39 |
7 | Arsene | +37 |
8 | Lulu | +35 |
9 | Kavin | +30 |
10 | Annant | +24 |
11 | Desmond | +9 |
12 | Aki | +7 |
13 | Jia Jia | +3 |
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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Prae
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Ilya