Vietnamese masters dominated in the 15th ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess
Championships held at the Cotai Sands Central in Macau after bagging
three out of four top positions.
Grandmaster Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son was ousted from the group of leading
players at the Asian Continental Open Chess Championships in Sharjah in
the United Arab Emirates yesterday
Nguyen Thi Mai Hung won her first two matches at the World Junior Chess Championships'' Girl Pool in Kocaeli, Turkey to maintain a 100 per cent record.
Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem continued
to scale the world chess rankings, moving up one place to 39th in
January, according to the latest announcement of the World Chess
Federation (FIDE).
Chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem has jumped a step to
40th in world ranking, according to the World Chess Federation''s
December list released on Sunday.
Nguyen Anh Khoi extended his unbeaten run by
beating Abdulla Gadimbayli of Azerbaijan in the eighth round of the
boys'' U10 category at the World Youth Chess Championships on Thursday.
