The 11 th Asian Chess Championship is taking place from May 4-14 in HoChi Minh City with 80 male and 40 female players from variouscountries and territories such as China , Indonesia , the Philippines, India , Mongolia , Iran , Nepal , Mongolia and Vietnam.
The tournament shall be conducted according to the Swiss System of 9 or 11 rounds, depending on the number of players.
As the host country, Vietnam is sending 40 players to thechampionship, including several top Vietnam and world players suchas Le Quang Liem, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Hoang Bao Tram and Pham LeThao Nguyen.
This year’s championship promises to be fullof excitement and surprise, as nearly one third of players taking partin the male category are world grand masters and have participated invarious international tournaments.
Apart from the topVietnamese players, outstanding names include Ding Liren, Ni Hua, YuYangyi and former Asian champion Zhou Jianchao from China , NegiParimarjan from India and So Wesley from the Philippines .
The category for women will also be tough with many famous players,including Chinese players Ju Wenjun, ranked 3 rd in the world, ZhaoXue, winner of FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2011 and Tan Zhongyi, one of theworld’s top 20.
Following the 11 th Asian ChessChampionship, Vietnam will also host the Southeast Asian championshipsfor various ages, which is scheduled to be held from June 10-19 in thecentral province of Thua Thien Hue.-VNA