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It has been missing from the last three Southeast Asian Games, but come November, chess will be checking in.

Acting President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh hosted a reception for the 15th Grand Master of the Urasenke Tea School of Japan Daisosho Sen Genshitsu in Hanoi on October 16.

Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has dropped four places to world No 37 in the FIDE men's world rankings for February.