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Vietnam gets first gold in chess at AIG

Vietnamese blitz team on Nov. 1 defeated their Chinese rivals, winning the gold medal of the team event at the third Asian Indoor Games (AIG) being held in Vietnam.
Vietnamese blitz team on Nov. 1defeated their Chinese rivals, winning the gold medal of the team eventat the third Asian Indoor Games (AIG) being held in Vietnam.

The bronze medal of the event was shared by the Iranian and Indian team.

As many as 110 players from 18 countries and territories are competingin chess events, which are taking place in the northern province ofQuang Ninh. They will compete for medals for blitz and quick chess ofthe men and women’s team and individual.

The same day, both the men’s and women’s teams of Vietnam entered the semi-final round of the hoop takraw tournament.

The women team will meet teams from the Republic of Korea , Thailandand Indonesia on Nov. 2, while the men team will play the Thai,Indonesian and Iranian teams. Thailand has been considered as hardrivals for the host teams.

In futsal, both women and men teams of Vietnam have to leave the games after suffering defeat before Jordanian rivals.

In Billiards and Snooker, Chinese Xiao Guodong won the gold in themen’s singles six-red-ball Snooker event, while his country mate LiangWen Bo took the silver. The bronze medal went to Chandra Manan fromIndia .

In the men’s singles three-cushion Carom, Vietnamese Duong Anh Vu wonover Yuan Young Kuo from Taiwan to enter the semi-final round. He willmeet Kim Kyung Roul from the Republic of Korea .

Another Vietnamese shooter, Ly The Vinh lost 33-40 to Umeda Ryuji fromJapan in the men’s singles three-cushion Carom and had to leave thegames./.
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