HCM City wins 2 golds in chess tourney

HCM City wins 2 golds in chess tourney

All ages: The tournament attracts  七00 players from  一 七 cities and provinces across the nation. — Photo thanhuytphcm.vn

HCM CITY — Members of the HCM City Chess Team won two gold medals at the  二0 一 八 National Chess Tournament on June  五.

Nguyễn Huỳnh Minh Huy and Nguyễn Thị Thanh An beat the Kiên Giang team in the mixed doubles category to win one gold in the event, held in the northern province of Bắc Giang.

Meanwhile, in men’s standard chess, the total score of Phạm Chương, Nguyễn Anh Khôi, Nguyễn Quốc Hy and Lê Nguyễn Khôi Nguyên earned another gold for HCM City, and helped elevate the team to  二 八th in the team rankings, while the Army team stood at  二 九th.

Hosts Bắc Giang, whose team included Đoàn Thị Vân Anh, Võ Thị Kim Phụng, Hoàng Thị Hải Anh and Nguyễn Thị Thảo Linh, took the gold medal in women’s doubles. The HCM City team finished  三 三rd out of  三 四.

The tournament continues with the men’s singles, women’s singles, and mixed doubles, with competitions in standard chess, rapid chess, and blitz chess.

The tournament ends on June  一0. — VNS