Vietnam’s chess prodigy, Nguyen Anh Khoi, continued to display brilliant form at international youth competitions, as he clinched the rapid chess gold medal with one game to spare at the ongoing Asian Junior (Open and Girls) Chess Championship 2019 in Indonesia.
Vietnamese
chess ace Nguyen Anh Khoi is demonstrating exceptional form at international
youth competition.
Fourth-seeded
Anh Khoi (Elo 2168) finished victorious in the first six games, prominently his
fifth-round triumph against Indonesian top seed Priasmoro Novendra (Elo 2263).
Such exceptional results
allowed the Vietnamese star to be crowned champion despite still having one
game in hand. In the last round, Anh Khoi managed to play out a quick draw with
Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari of India (Elo 2093), thus claiming the
title with 6.5 points after seven games overall.
The victory helped to add 30
Elo points to Khoi’s FIDE world rating in the rapid category.
Earlier last month, the Ho
Chi Minh City-born player brought home two individual and two team gold medals
in the U20 age division at the 2019 ASEAN Age-Group Chess Championships in Mandalay, Myanmar.
After the rapid chess
discipline, Anh Khoi will enter the standard chess competition as the top seed
with an Elo rating of 2516.
The Asian Junior (Open and
Girls) Chess Championship 2019 is taking place in Solo, Indonesia from
July 1 to 8, featuring three categories of rapid, blitz and standard chess. The
eight-day tournament has brought together 34 males and 36 females from 11
delegations, namely Bangladesh, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong (China), Indonesia,
India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
Vietnam is being represented by four players,
including Nguyen Anh Khoi, Nguyen Dang Hong Phuc, Nguyen Thanh Thuy Tien, and
Nguyen Hong Ngoc.
Source: NDO
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