Famously it is said that it is not easy to start a new event but that it is even more difficult to hold it again but after a successful Laos International Open 2018, there will be a third from 17-23 December 2019 and again in the same Vansana Riverside Hotel in Vientiane, Laos, and that is a promise that it is here to stay.
The organiser of course is Inthava Vilane, General Secretary-Vice President & Delegate of Laos Chess Federation and on the technical side he had the excellent International Arbiter Patcharawee Prahmawong from neighbouring Thailand.
The Open Champion was Thailand based coach Louie Salvador from the Philippines who topped a field of 48 players from 15 countries!
All results:
Standard Chess: http://chess-results.com/tnr395642.aspx?lan=1
Rapid Chess: http://chess-results.com/tnr402229.aspx?lan=1&art=0&flag=30
Blitz Chess: http://chess-results.com/tnr402247.aspx?lan=1&art=0&flag=30
Group photo of all participants – players and officials