This is the second consecutive time the Vietnamese grandmaster, Elo 2728, has won the Biel Grandmaster Triathlon title.

Le Quang Liem (right) at a game in Biel Grandmaster Triathlon in Switzerland on July 24.

The Biel Grandmaster Triathlon consisted of eight players with an average Elo rating of 2,699, and seven of them were or are super grandmasters. After five standard chess games, Liem won against Bogdan-Daniel Deac, Bassem Amin, Arjun Erigaisi and Du, and only lost to Vincent Keymer.

Liem has been the number one chess player in Vietnam for the past 15 years. He became the world blitz chess champion in 2013 and Asian champion in 2019.

Vietnamese chess players win three gold medals at world youth championship

Young Vietnamese chess players won three gold, two silver, and one bronze medal in the rapid chess category at the ongoing FIDE World Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships 2023.

Bac Giang wins 5 golds at National Club Chess Championship 2023

(BGO) – The National Club Chess Championships 2023 wrapped up on June 1 after four competition day. Bac Giang team excellently won 10 medals (5 golds, 1 silver and 4 bronzes).

Two excellent chess kids

(BGO) – Being talented and passionate about playing chess since childhood, Hoang Manh Hung (born in 2013) from Tan My Primary School and Pham Bao Toan (born in 2014) from Le Loi Primary School in Bac Giang city – two kids in Bac Giang's Chinese chess team - have continuously won prestigious medals at national tournaments.

Bac Giang born chess master Phung wins bronze at Asian championship

Vo Thi Kim Phung of Vietnam won a bronze medal from the Asian Continental Chess championship which closed on November 3 in India.

Vietnam tops Asian Youth Chess Championships

Vietnam finished first at the 2022 Asian Youth Chess Championships that concluded Friday in Bali, Indonesia with a tally of 39 gold, 21 silver and 9 bronze medals.

Source: VNA