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SEA Games 31: Three Vietnamese players enter semi-finals of individual rapid chess

Three Vietnamese players have entered semi-finals of the individual rapid chess competition at SEA Games 31, but grandmaster Le Quang Liem was not among them.
SEA Games 31: Three Vietnamese players enter semi-finals of individual rapid chess ảnh 1Grandmaster Le Quang Liem (Photo: VNA)
QuangNinh (VNA) – Three Vietnamese players have entered semi-finals of theindividual rapid chess competition at SEA Games 31, but grandmaster Le QuangLiem was not among them.

Thequalifying matches of games 1 to 5 of the individual rapid chess competitiontook place at the Quang Ninh Exhibition of Planning and Expo Centre on May 16. FourVietnamese players competed in the event.

Inthe women’s category, two players Pham Le Thao Nguyen and Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong eachhad three wins and two draws, earning 4 points, and ranked 1st and 2ndrespectively on the chart.

In themen’s category, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son had three draws and two wins, with 3.5points. However, Liem won only two matches, lost in two other and drew one,earning only 2.5 points;

Thus,Thao Nguyen, Thuy Duong, and Truong Son reached the semi-finals.

OnMay 17, the players will continue with the semi-finals and finals of theindividual rapid chess competition./.
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