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Vietnam female player tops Asia chess championships

Vo Thi Kim Phung took the lead of the Asian Continental Chess Championships’ Women’s Category in China on May 19.
Vietnam female player tops Asia chess championships ảnh 1Vo Thi Kim Phung (Photo: tuoitre.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vo Thi Kim Phung took the lead of the Asian Continental ChessChampionships’ Women’s Category in China on May 19.

Phungbeat Indian Ramesh Babu Vaishali in the eighth round to lead with seven points.She will meet Mary Ann Gomes of India in the next round.

GuliskhanNakhbayeva of Kazakhstan and Gomes are second and third with 6.5 points and 5.5points, respectively.

Twoother Vietnamese masters Hoang Thi Bao Tram and Pham Le Thao Nguyen sit infifth and sixth place. Tram tied with Lei Tingjie of China, while Nguyen drewwith Gomes in the seventh round. They now both have 5.5 points.

Tramwill face Nakhbayeva of Kazakhstan, while Nguyen will play with Swati Ghate ofIndia in the ninth round.

Inthe Open Category, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi of India leads. He crushed Jinshi Baiof China in the eighth round, leaving him with six points. Gujrathi will nextmeet Yu Yangyi of China.

Vietnameserepresentatives, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Tran Tuan Minh are in 18th and 19thplace.-VNA
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