♟️ Club Identity

Red Knight Chess Club is a chess club, academy, and tournament organizer in Bangkok, Thailand. The club operates from Prasarnmit Plaza on Sukhumvit Soi 23 and also runs Red Knight Chess Café at Bambini Villa on Sukhumvit 26. Its main club venue offers tournament wooden chess sets, chess equipment, and a dedicated playing atmosphere for practice and competition. Red Knight Chess Club was founded by Riste Menkinoski and Loreshyl Cuizon, and it has become one of Bangkok’s most visible chess centers. The club works with children, families, school players, adult improvers, and competitive players. Moreover, it combines coaching, club events, chess retail, café activity, and tournament organization in one active Bangkok chess environment.

🏆 Tournament Activity

Red Knight Chess Club supports the Blue Chevaliers International Open in partnership with Blue Chevaliers. For the 2026 edition, Red Knight Chess Co. Ltd. also appears as the payment account holder for Thailand-based entrants. Beyond this Phuket event, the club organizes regular chess competitions of different sizes and levels in Bangkok. Its program includes monthly rapid and blitz tournaments, FIDE-rated rapid and blitz events, standard time control events, age-group tournaments, and large inter-school championships. Red Knight Chess Club has also organized major school competitions such as King’s Bangkok Chess Championship, Bangkok Patana Chess Championship, Chess Without Borders, and other youth events. Therefore, the club gives Bangkok players a steady calendar that ranges from beginner-friendly events to FIDE-rated competition.

🌱 Youth Training and Community Activity

Red Knight Chess Club supports youth chess and player development through structured training, camps, school events, and tournament preparation. Its coaching activity has helped many young players in Thailand become strong competitive chess players, including Thailand youth champions and tournament winners. The club also runs summer chess camps, casual chess evenings, coffee-and-chess sessions, and weekend events that make chess accessible outside formal tournaments. In addition, Red Knight Chess Café gives players another social venue for casual games, chess books, integrated chess tables, courses, and community activity. This mix helps children enter chess in a friendly setting, while stronger players can move toward rated tournaments and national-level goals. As a result, Red Knight Chess Club plays an important role in Bangkok’s chess education and tournament scene.