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Bac Giang team wins 6 golds at International Open Chess Tournament
Updated: 14:58, 23/12/2019
(BGO) – The 2019 International Open Chess
Tournament has been recently held in Malaysia, drawing nearly 400 male and
female chess players from 13 countries to vie for medals at three major
categories of singles’ and team rapid, blitz and standard chess following Swiss
9 rounds rule.
5 Vietnamese chess players attended the tournament, 3 of whom come from Bac Giang province and excellently won 6 gold medals.
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Chess player Doan Thi Van Anh. |
Particularly, Doan Thi Van Anh won 4 golds (2 golds at singles’ standard chess, 1 gold at singles’ blitz chess and 1 team rapid chess) while Vo Thi Kim Phung bagged 1 gold medal at singles’ blitz chess and 1 gold at team rapid chess.
Grandmaster Le Quang Liem finished fourth in the lightning and rapid chess competition in the 2019 Grand Chess Tour, a career high.
Vietnamese super grandmaster Le Quang Liem performed brilliantly on the first day of blitz chess (November 9) at the ongoing 2019 Superbet Rapid & Blitz in Romania with five wins and four draws.
(BGO)
- The 2019 ASEAN Chess Championship was concluded in Bac Giang Hotel, Bac Giang
city on 3 November after 10-day tough competition. The closing ceremony was
attended by leaders of ASEAN Chess Confederation, Vietnam Chess Federation,
Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism of Bac Giang province and
representatives, coaches and athletes of the delegations.
(BGO) - The Southeast Asia Chess Championships 2019 opened in
the northern province of Bac Giang on October 28 at Muong Thanh Hotel (Bac
Giang city) with Le Anh Duong, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s
Committee, Nguyen Dong Tien, Chairman of Vietnam Chess Federation in
attendance.
(BGO)- Following the generation of Mai Hung, Van Anh
and Hai Anh, Bac Giang has a number of talented young chess players to continue
their achievements. Luong Hoang Tu Linh is among the outstanding faces of the
new generation.
Hoang Quyen
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