At this event, 6 groups of prizes were awarded to the athletes with 18 medals of different types. Vietnamese delegation bagged 14 medals including 4 golds, 4 silvers and 6 bronzes at the 3 events of standard chess, lightning chess and blitz chess.

Chess player Vo Thi Kim Phung (left) competes at women’s standard chess event.

Especially, Vo Thi Kim Phung (born in 1993), a chess player of Bac Giang province, Vietnam excellently won gold medal at women’s standard chess and silver medal at women’s blitz chess category. Particularly, Vo Thi Kim Phung won 6 games and drew 3 games at standard chess while winning 6 games, drew 2 games and lost only 1 game at women’s blitz chess.

Chess player Vo Thi Kim Phung (1st position) receives gold medal at women’s standard chess.

The 2019 ASEAN Chess Championship drew participation of more than 60 outstanding officers, coaches and athletes from 5 countries in the Southeast Asia including Philippines, Laos, Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam.

The athletes competed at 3 categories including standard chess, lightning chess and blitz chess. 6 athletes of Bac Giang joined the Vietnamese team to compete at this competition.

Vietnam finishes first at World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships

Vietnam topped the medal tally of the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships which was held in Salobrena, Spain, from September 11-13.

Bac Giang player Luong Hoang Tu Linh wins bronze at World Youth Chess Championships

(BGO) - The World Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2019 took place in Spain from September 11 – 17. At the event, Bac Giang chess player Luong Hoang Tu Linh had a success competition.

Nguyen Thien Ngan crowned world U14 rapid chess champion

Vietnamese player Nguyen Thien Ngan defeated No. 1 seed Van Foreest Machteld from the Netherlands to win the girls’ U14 rapid chess event at the 2019 World Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in Spain.

Two Bac Giang chess players join World Youth Chess Championships

(BGO) – The World Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2019 takes place in Spain from September 11 – 17.

Top Vietnamese chess players compete at World Cup

Top Vietnamese chess players Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son are competing at the FIDE World Cup 2019 which began in the town of Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, on September 10.

Cong Doanh