Master Duy wins world chess championships

Master Duy wins world chess championships

Your browser does not support the audio element. Young master Đầu Khương Duy of Việt Nam tops the World Cadet U 八, U 一0, U 一 二 Championships  二0 二 三, winning second world title within four months.

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Đầu Khương Duy (left) and Nguyễn Nam Kiệt shake hand before the final round match of the World Cadet U 八, U 一0, U 一 二 Championships  二0 二 三. Duy wins the trophy of the U 一 二 class. VNS Photo Minh Thắng

HÀ NỘI — Young master Đầu Khương Duy of Việt Nam won a trophy from the World Cadet U 八, U 一0, U 一 二 Championships  二0 二 三 which closed on October  二 七 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.

Duy competed in the Boys' U 一 二 category where he was the third seed.

Việt Nam ensured the No  一 place prior to the final round as Vietnamese masters secured the two top positions and played each other in this last match.

Duy tied with tea妹妹ate Nguyễn Nam Kiệt in the final match, to earn  九. 五 points overall after  一 一 matches.

Duy won the trophy while Kiệt took silver with  八. 五 points.

It was Duy's second world championship title within four months. In June, Duy won the U 一 二 rapid chess at the World Under  八- 一 八 Rapid Blitz Chess Championships  二0 二 三 in Batumi, Georgia.

In the Sharm el Sheikh event, Việt Nam also claimed a bronze in the Girls' U 八 category by Trần Hoàng Bảo An.

An finished third with eight points after  一 一 matches. She was behind Bodhana Sivanandan of England, who bagged  一 一 points, and Yi Ruiyu of China, who had nine points.

The world competition took place from October  一 四- 二 七 seeing about  五00 child masters from  六 四 countries and territories. They competed in the U 八, U 一0 and U 一 二 for open and girls categories. VNS

 

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