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).

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem won the Biel Grandmaster Triathlon in Switzerland on July 26 (local time). With the victory, he is likely to rise to the 16th position on the August world ranking list.

Vietnamese boys and girls under 12 and 14 years old have brought home three gold medals at the ongoing World Cadets & Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2023 held in Batumi, Georgia.

The city’s culture and sports department said the tournament will see chess masters playing in a round-robin in four groups, with two top each qualifying in the quarter-finals.

Vietnam secured two chess World Cup tickets from the Zone 3.3 Chess Championships 2023, which concluded in Indonesia on May 12.

The Vietnam Chess Federation has invited international players to participate in the Hanoi GM/IM/WGM chess tournaments 2023, due to take place from May 21 to May 27, and from May 29 to June 3.

Nguyen Thi Hong with visual impairment has done a great job, winning chess golds at the recent Southeast Asian ParaGames in Indonesia and being nominated to be one of the year's best athletes in 2022.

Dau Khuong Duy might be one of the youngest and smallest athletes at the 2022 Hanoi Rapid Chess Open, but that didn't stop him from winning a trophy of the elite category.