Chess star to play in UAE

Super Grandmaster Le Quang Liem will take part in the Fujairah International Chess Championship, which kicks off today in the UAE.



Super Grandmaster Le Quang Liem. (Photo: Internet)


Liem who reached his peak at 39th in the world this week will compete for a prize of US$15,000.

HCM City-born Liem said many strong rivals had registered, including Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine, Mickey Adams from England, Vachier-Lagrave of France and Bruzon Bastista from Cuba.

The championship will be played in nine rounds according to the Swiss System, to conclude on November 22.

Chess player stumbles in Slovenia

Nguyen Thi Mai Hung only earned half a point after drawing in the fifth round and losing in the sixth in the girls' U18 event at the World Youth Chess Championships in Slovenia on Monday.

She tied with Marina Baraeva of Russia and was defeated by Altanulzii Enkhtuul of Mongolia, respectively. She now has a total of 3.5 points and will meet Valentina Jorquera Cabello of Chile today.

In the boys' U16 event, Le Tuan Minh and Tran Tuan Minh both won in the fifth round, but lost and drew in the sixth, respectively. The results mean that both now have 3.5 points.

They will play against China's Liu Yi and Brazil's Arthur Chiari Gontijo in the next round.

Tran Minh Thang and Nguyen Dang Hong Phuc each took just one more point with one win and one loss after two rounds in the boys' U12 event.

Today they will face Craig Hilby of the US and A Abhishek of India, respectively, as the tournament enters the seventh round.

Gymnasts fifth at Asian champs

Viet Nam's men's team finished fifth in the Asian Gymnastics Championships in Putian, China, on Monday.

Vietnamese gymnasts, including Viet Nam's representative from the London Olympics, Pham Phuoc Hung, and 2012 Asian Junior Championship vault silver medallist Le Thanh Tung, participated in six categories.

They got a total score of 339.85, with most points being gained in the vault (62.5), and were ranked second after China in the parallel bars event (with 60.95).

The hosts consolidated their position as first in the world by winning the gold medal with 361.5 points, followed by Japan (346.6 points) and North Korea (346.5 points).

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