Nearly 1,300 players from 53 teams nationwide are participating in the 2024 National Youth Chess Championships, that opened in the northern province of Bac Giang on May 25.

A total of 20 chess players from six countries and territories globally are participating in the Hanoi GM/IM/WGM Chess tournament 2024, giving both local and foreign contestants the opportunity to gain international standards.

Vo Pham Thien Phuc will be Vietnam’s sole representative at the World Junior U20 Chess Championship in June in India.

As many as 72 chess players from 11 countries and territories globally will compete in the Quang Ninh & Hanoi GM/IM/WGM Chess tournament 2024 this May.

Winning all 11 matches, Nguyen Vu Bao Chau topped the FIDE World Cadet Rapid and Blitz Championship 2024 in Durres, Albania which closed on April 29.

The second Saigon Chess Club Tournament will take place at the luxurious Sofitel Saigon Plaza on May 5 in HCM City.

Vietnam will host at least four chess competitions of the Hanoi International Chess Series in 2024, which will deliver world point ranking for successful masters.

Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Tuan Minh has emerged victorious in this year’s first weekly Bullet Brawl arena, an online tournament where titled players competed for a piece of the 1,000 USD prize fund.

Le Phan Hoang Quan brought home a gold medal in the boys’ U8 standard event on the final competition day, raising the total number of medals to six golds at the Asian Youth Chess Championships 2023.

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has listed the winners from throughout the history of the world blitz chess championship, including local chess player Le Quang Liem who won a title back in 2013.

The Vietnamese youth chess team secured three individual gold medals in the Blitz chess category at the ongoing Asian Youth Chess Championships 2023 which was held in Al Ain in the UAE.

Indian chess player Ilamparthi A from India, the 2022 U14 world chess champion, has triumphed at the Hanoi International Chess Tournament which concluded in the capital on December 10.

Young master Dau Khuong Duy of Vietnam tops the World Cadet U8, U10, U12 Championships 2023, winning second world title within four months.

Vietnamese chess players bagged five silver and two bronze medals in the chess standard events at the ongoing 4th Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China, on October 26.

The 15-strong contingency of Vietnam will compete in the U8, U10, and U12 age groups in the FIDE World Cadet Championships from October 14-27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Vietnamese players Nguyen Hoang Yen and Ngo Tri Thien won silver medals at the Asian Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Championships which recently concluded in Bangkok, Thailand.

Leading Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem could not make history in Baku, Azerbaijan, when he was beaten by former World Chess champion Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) in the third round of the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem recorded a draw in his first match at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Cup chess tournament which was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on August 2.

Local chess player Le Quang Liem has climbed six positions to reach 15th place with an Elo of 2740, thereby being among the top 100 players for August, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE).