Vietnamese representatives Nguyen Thi Thanh
An and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son pocketed tickets to the Chess World Cup
next year in Norway at the Asian 3.3 Zonal Chess Championship, which
concluded in the Philippines yesterday.
Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has become
one of three players to reach the blitz event finals at the World Rapid
and Blitz Chess Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan held from July
6-10.