Master Hiền bags silver at national chess competition

July 18, 2016 | 11:20
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World U8 champion Nguyễn Lê Cẩm Hiền earned a silver medal at the National Youth Chess Championship’s girls’ U9 category yesterday in Đà Nẵng.
World chess champion Nguyễn Lê Cẩm Hiền wins a silver at national tournamen. - Photo vov.vn

Hiền, from Quảng Ninh Province, grabbed 7.5 points and came in second in the standard chess event.

Thái Ngọc Tường Minh of Đồng Nai won a gold medal with 8.5 points.

Earlier, Hiền claimed a bronze medal in rapid chess and finished sixth in the blitz event.

In other standard categories, Vương Trung Hiếu topped the boys’ U20; Nguyễn Hoàng Anh won the girls’ U20; Phùng Thị Quỳnh Trang triumphed in the girls’ U17, and Lê Minh Hoàng claimed the boys’ U17.

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