Chess 

Vietnamese Girls U16 team won gold of the the ASEAN+ Age Groups Chess Championships 2025. Photos of Việt Nam Chess Federation

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam's masters won big at the ASEAN+ Age Groups Chess Championships 2025, which will close on July 11 in Malaysia.

Vietnamese players took gold medals in almost all the categories in standard chess from July 2-8 in the Berjaya Penang Hotel in Penang.

They dominated in 15 out of 16 pools of team event and 13 out of 16 of individual events of 16 of individual events.

Among the champions were Võ Quang Minh (Open U6); Nguyễn Xuân Thảo Hân (Girls U6), Nguyễn Hà Thi Hải (Open U16), Đặng Lê Xuân Hiền (Girls U16), Đặng Anh Minh (Open U18) and Nguyễn Bình Vy (Girls U18) and Từ Hoàng Thông (U50)

Players will compete in rapid and blitz chess during the rest of the tournament.

Players will compete in blitz and rapid chess on July 9-10, with Vietnamese masters expected to repeat their high performance in both disciplines.

More than 300 competitors from 18 countries and regions took part in the events. Among them were world chess powerhouses such as China, India, Macau China, Malaysia and Việt Nam. VNS