SEA Games 31: Vietnam win gold in men’s team rapid chess

Le Quang Liem (L) and Tran Tuan Minh win gold in men's team rapid chess events (Photo: VNA)

Quang Ninh (VNA) – Vietnamesechess players won gold in the men’s and and silver in the women’s team rapid chessevents at SEA Games 31 on May 19.

Six men’s teams and fivewomen’s teams played in the round-robin format, with four matches forfemale players and five matches for their male teammates.

Le Quang Liemand Tran Tuan Minh competed in the men’s event, and Pham Le Thao Nguyen and Vo Thi KimPhung in the women’s competition.

After five matches, Liem and Minh recorded 6.5 points to win the gold medal.

The silver medal went to thePhilippines while Indonesia and Thailand shared the bronze medal.

In the women’s event, Nguyen andPhung defeated their Malaysian rivals and earned six points, drawing withIndonesia.

However, they dropped to silver basedon previous results. The bronze went to the Philippines.

Individual and team blitz chessevents will take place on May 20 and 21./.

VNA