Pham Thi Huong won a silver medal in the women’s VI-B1 individual standard category after defeating Rathi Himanshi Bhaveshkumar from India. Iran’s Safaei Maliheh grabbed the gold medal in this event.

Le Van Viet (L) gets another silver medal in the men’s VI-B1 individual standard category with 5.5 points.

Le Van Viet got another silver medal in the men’s VI-B1 individual standard category with 5.5 points.

Three other bronze medals for Vietnam were taken in the women team’s VI-B1 standard chess event by Pham Thi Huong, Dao Thi Le Xuan and Tran Ngoc Lan; in the men team's VI-B1 standard chess category by Le Van Viet, Dinh Tuan Son and Dao Tuan Kiet; and in the women team's B1 standard chess by Doan Thu Huyen, Nguyen Thi Kieu and Tran Thi Bich Thuy.

Besides, Doan Thu Huyen also grabbed a bronze medal in the women's P1 individual standard event while the other bronze was secured by Nguyen Thi Hong, Nguyen Thi Minh Thu and Nguyen Thi My Linh in the women team's VI-B2 standard chess category.

As of 3pm on October 26, Vietnam stood at the 22nd place in the Games’ medal tally with six silver and five bronze medals.

Vietnamese chess player reaches career-high world ranking

Vietnam's number one chess player Le Quang Liem climbed to 18th on world ranking for the first time in his career, following consecutive wins at the Biel Grandmaster in Switzerland.

Chess player Nguyen Quang Trung’s journey to medals

(BGO) - As a young player of Bac Giang province’s chess team, with the guidance of the coaching staff and his own efforts, Nguyen Quang Trung, born in 2002, has made strong marks at many national and Southeast Asian arenas.

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.

Source: VNA