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.SNoNameTypGrFEDRtgIClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 Krtg+/-
18Đào Gia HuyU13U20HNO0Hà Nội71,533,54255
214Lê Vĩnh TríU20QDO0Quân Đội7136,542,554
32Huỳnh Đức ChíU14U20KGI1743Kiên Giang70,536,542644010,8

Details

 

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

Links

Vietnam Chess Federation

About the Author

One Night in Bangkok! Peter Long, FM, IA and FT, no longer Secretary of the FIDE Trainers’ Commission