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The ninth HDBankCup International Chess Tournament kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7, drawing more than 300 players from 28 nations and territories.

More than 300 players from 27 countries and territories worldwide will compete at the ninth HDBankCup International Chess Tournament slated for March 7-13 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam’s teams played to draws against strong rivals in the 10th round of the ongoing 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, on October 4.

Vietnam’s national chess team arrived in the Batumi of Georgia to compete in the 43rd Batumi Chess Olympiad, which began on September 23.

Tran Tuan Minh is now the only Vietnamese player in the leading group of the HDBank Cup International Open Chess tournament, which is underway in Hanoi.

Two Vietnamese representatives lost at the World Junior and Girls U20 Chess Championship in Italy on November 15.

Tran Tuan Minh of Vietnam won the 14th IGB Dato Arthur Tan International Open Chess Championship 2017, which closed in Malaysia on September 4.

Vo Thi Kim Phung took the lead of the Asian Continental Chess Championships’ Women’s Category in China on May 19.

Vietnamese masters occupy top three positions after four round matches at the Asian Continental Chess Championships’ Women’s Category in China on May 15.

Tran Tuan Minh grabbed his second gold medal at the Asian Junior U20 Chess Championships, which closed in Iran on May 10.

Vietnamese Grandmaster Tran Tuan Minh won a gold medal at the Asian Junior Chess Championships’ rapid chess event in Iran on May 2.

Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has risen four places, from No 33 to No 29, in FIDE’s world rankings for April.

Vietnamese International Master (IM) Tran Tuan Minh is the surprise leader of the HDBank Cup International Open Chess after three rounds in HCM City.

Vietnam’s top chess player, Le Quang Liem, defeated Andyka Pitra of Indonesia in HCM City on March 12 during the first round of the masters category of the seventh HDBank Cup International Open Chess tournament 2017.

As many as 232 chess masters from all the five continents will compete in the 7th HD Bank International Open Chess Tournament, which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 12.

Two Vietnamese chess masters will compete at the International Chess Festival -- Aeroflot Open -- in Moscow, Russia, from February 20 to March 3.

Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem jumped up three positions to 29th place in the men’s standard category, according to the International Chess Federation’s December rankings.

Vietnamese chess player Tran Tuan Minh finished 20th out of 80 players in the World Junior (U-20) Chess Championships which finished in India on August 21.

Young masters Nguyen Anh Khoi and Tran Tuan Minh took big step in the ranking of the HDBank Cup International Open Chess 2016 Masters Tournament.

Vietnamese chess player Nguyen Quoc Hy won the eighth match at the ongoing World Youth and Cadets Chess Championships in Greece.