Vietnam Doing Well at 14th Asean Age-Group Chess Championships 2013

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Vietnam seems to be the season of the chess world. Not only has Le Quang Liem just won the World Blitz Chess Championship, but we've got young Vietnamese chess players creating a wave at the 14th Asean Age-Group Championships 2013.

The chess tournaments are being held in Chiang Mai, Thailand which is great for local chess. FM Jirapak Pitirotjirathon, assistant arbiter for the U10 Open group, is impressed with the behaviour of his wards. "They are very keen to help each other as well as the arbiters - behaving more like adults than children, and some of them have prepared very well for the tournament." 

"The playing conditions are ideal for such a large group of young players," said Chief Arbiter IA Maung Maung Lwin. "With help from the Imperial Mae Ping Hotel, the team of arbiters and hardworking support staff are making this a very successful event."

Some of the games are available for viewing at chess-results.com (http://www.chess-results.com/tnr103362.aspx?lan=1), and more pictures of the tournament can be found at the Facebook event page (https://www.facebook.com/events/571036186250625/)

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ASEAN Chess for the Youth: Chinese Kids Win Max Medals

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The latest chess news via Fide is that the The first ASEAN International Youth Chess Championships 2012 was held in Singapore from August 6-12. The total prize fund was $ 44,000 - one of the highest in the region. Participants won prizes in eight categories in the tournament organised jointly by the Singapore Chess Federation and Nanyang Primary School. 2011 World Youth Under-10 champion from China, FM Zhu Yi won the gold in the Under-11 Open category. Another Chinese, Pang Tao won the silver. FM Zhu Yi lost only one game in the tournament to Singapore’s Cyrus Low Zhen Yu. Vincentius Pradnya from Indonesia won the bronze medal.

Lye Lik Zang and Ng Shi Yang from Malaysia won the gold and silver medals in the Open Under 8 category. Nisban Cyrus won the bronze. Indonesia’s Azarya Jodi Setyaki was the best performer of the entire championships with a perfect score of 9 points in the Under 14 Open category. Second place in the category went to Vietnamese CM Nguyen Van Toan Thanh. Hong Kong’s Wong Yee Chit won the bronze medal. Eleven-year-old Liu Xiangyi from China won the gold in the Under 17 Open category ahead of Mohammad Agus Kurniawan from Indonesia.

In the Girls’ sections, Malaysia's Teh De Zen won the Under 11 category. Ananya Rishi Gupta from India won the Under 8 category. Singapore’s WFM Danielle Ho En Huei won the gold in the Under 17 title and Deodhar Vrushali Umesh from India won the Under 14 category.

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