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Vietnamese player wins Malaysian chess champs

Tran Tuan Minh of Vietnam won the 14th IGB Dato Arthur Tan International Open Chess Championship 2017, which closed in Malaysia on September 4.
Vietnamese player wins Malaysian chess champs ảnh 1Tran Tuan Minh of Vietnam (right) champions the 14th IGB Dato Arthur Tan International Open Chess Championship 2017 in Malaysia (Photo: baomoi.com)

Hanoi (VNA)- Tran Tuan Minh of Vietnam won the 14th IGB Dato Arthur Tan InternationalOpen Chess Championship 2017, which closed in Malaysia on September 4.

GrandmasterMinh pocketed seven points after nine matches. He won five and drew four.

Thevictory brought him 11.1 Elo points, contributing to his world ranking.

China’s Fang Yuxiang camesecond with the same points, but he had a lower parameter.

[Top chess player Liem rises to best-ever world ranking]

He was followed by hiscountryman Ma Qun.

Vietnam had sevenmasters competing in the tournament, but the rest did not have good results.-VNA
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