Over 3500 players participate in Vietnam National Youth Championship 2024

by Peter Long - 22/06/2024

This most important chess competition in Vietnam is the National Youth Chess Championship. Every year the many provinces, major cities, and clubs send their best young talent. In 2024, this was as many as 53 bringing a total of 3597 players to play in the categories U-6, U-7, U-8, U-9, U-10, and then U-11, U-13, U-15, U-17 and U-20 in Bac Giang, Vietnam from 24th May to 3rd June 2024. Check out a pictorial report, written by Peter Long. Photo: FM FT IA Peter Long

Tournament in progress | Photo: FM FT IA Peter Long

The main sponsor was Doppelherz, a leading international maker of quality health products for facilities.

Sponsor representative giving the key not address at the closing ceremony | Photo: FM FT IA Peter Long

Some of the prize winners with Vietnam Chess Federation General Secretary - Nguyễn Minh Thắng | Photo: FM FT IA Peter Long

Our friends from the Quang Ninh Sports and Training Centre was one the smaller delegations with just eight players and typically opted to rent a multi-bedroom apartment with a kitchen.

Vietnam is unique in their social structures even during competition with an emphasis on unity and being together as a family, and so the coaches, parents cooked together for the children, enjoyed the coffee Vietnam is world famous for, and on the single rest day, fully enjoyed the local sights and culture.

Quang Ninh in the end won two silver and six bronze medals, sadly missing out on a gold medal, but this has now become a motivation to try harder next time with the most important thing being that they were a united, happy team.

Kids training and eating | Photo: FM FT IA Peter Long

Parents at play | Photo: FM FT IA Peter Long

Final standings in Under-20

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	Gr	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	8	Đào Gia Huy	U13	U20	HNO	0	Hà Nội	7	1,5	33,5	42	5	5
2	14	Lê Vĩnh Trí		U20	QDO	0	Quân Đội	7	1	36,5	42,5	5	4
3	2	Huỳnh Đức Chí	U14	U20	KGI	1743	Kiên Giang	7	0,5	36,5	42	6	4	40	10,8

Details

For all other groups, please click the respective age group link to see the detailed info.

Links

Vietnam Chess Federation

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