Chess

Vietnamese young player, Tong Thai Hoang An, clinched the silver medal in the U8 girls’ blitz event of the 3rd World Cadets Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, which concluded in Belarus on August 18. Vietnamese young player Tong Thai Hoang An (Photo: FIDE) An, who was the winner of G8 (under eight-years-old) category of the Asian Youth Chess Championships 2019, suffered only 1 loss after being beaten by Diana of Russia, who won the gold medal at the blitz event. With 7 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss, the Vietnamese chess player, (Elo rating 1196), earned 7.5 points and secured the silver medal. Another Vietnamese player, Nguyen Mai Chi, at the event won the bronze medal. Ho Ngoc Vy, was another brilliant player and competitor at the event. She competed at the U10 girl’s event, earning 8 points. Despite having the same points with Afruza of Ukbekistan and Evgeniia of Russia, Vy only ranked third and brought home the bronze medal due to tie-breakers. The Vietnamese chess … [Read more...] about Vietnamese player Hoang An wins silver in world blitz chess event

Satellite image of Typhoon Kammuri (Photo: NOAA)   Hanoi (VNA) – Organisers of the ongoing 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30) on December 2 announced the reschedule of some events expected to be held in the hosts Philippines’ Subic city over fear of Typhoon Kammuri. The super typhoon is projected to hit the Philippines on December 3, with accompanying wind’s velocity of up to 162 kph. The sports affected are beach volleyball, surfing, modern pentathlon, triathlon, duathlon, sailing, windsurfing, pencak silat, muay as well as canoe, kayak and traditional boat race. Events on December 3 have been cancelled and are expected to resume two days later. Meanwhile, the schedule of table tennis, chess, beach handball, swimming and sepak takraw remains unchanged. The Philippines on December 1 began evacuating thousands of people as Typhoon Kammuri is strengthening, said local officials. According to the SEA Games 30 organising committee, the country’s … [Read more...] about SEA Games 30: Events rescheduled due to Typhoon Kammuri

Wushu artist Bui Truong Giang (in red) defeats a competitor from the Philippines to bag the gold medal in the men’s 60kg category (Photo: VNA) Hanoi, December 3 (VNA) – Arnis athlete Do Duc Tri brought a gold medal to Vietnamese sport delegationon December 3, the third competition day of the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30) after defeating Mark David Puzon from the host Philippines in the men’s Anyo Traditional Open Weapon category. This is the third medal that the Vietnamese arnis team have earned so far on the day after two silver medals bagged by Ngo Van Huynh and TrieuThiHoai. Concluding three days of arnis competition, Vietnam ranked second with four gold, 10 silver and six bronze medals. Meanwhile, wushu artist Nguyen Thi Trang overcame her Thai rival Suchaya 2-0 to win the gold medal in the women’s 65kg category. At the same time, Bui Truong Giang also defeated a competitor from the Philippines to bag the gold medal in the men’s 60kg … [Read more...] about SEA Games 30: Vietnam win more golds

Swimmer Nguyen Thanh Trung secures the first gold medal for Vietnam at the 3rd Asian Para Games in Indonesia after taking lead at the men’s 100m breaststroke event for SB4 category.  “Coming to Indonesia for this tournament, I didn’t think of winning a gold medal but only how to make my best efforts,” said Trung. “I am very happy to win the first gold medal for the Vietnamese team and hopefully this will motivate the entire team to earn more medals in the following days,” he added. Later the same day, Vi Thi Hang also grabbed a bronze medal for the country, finishing third at the women’s 50m freestyle event for the S7 category. Vu The Phiet, head of Vietnam’s INAPG 2018 team, said Trung’s success was expected by the team leaders as before this competition, his results were better than the world’s records and even those made by himself at the Asian Para Games 2014. It is also very encouraging when young swimmer … [Read more...] about Swimmer secures first gold for Vietnam at Asian Para Games 2018

Home Vietnam remains second on SEA Games medal tally The Saigon Times Daily Tuesday,  Dec 3, 2019,19:29 (GMT+7) Vietnam remains second on SEA Games medal tallyThe Saigon Times Daily Vietnam’s Hoang Thi Duyen competes in the women’s weightlifting event in the 30th SEA Games in the Philippines today, December 3- PHOTO: VNA HCMC – Vietnam today, December 3, grasped eight more gold medals on day three of the 30th Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines, staying second with 23 gold, 27 silver and 25 bronze medals. The host Philippines still ranked first with 47 golds, 29 silvers and 16 bronzes while Malaysia stood third with 15 golds, four silvers and 13 bronzes. Indonesia are now fourth and Thailand fifth. Pham Quoc Khanh opened a successful day for Vietnam with the gold in the wushu event. Khanh finished on 9.65 points in the men’s nangun category. Nguyen Thi Trang secured the gold in the … [Read more...] about Vietnam remains second on SEA Games medal tally