The second event of the “Chess for Girls ” series takes place in Ho Chi Minh City during July 2-7.
There
will be a four-day training session with four-time Women’s World
Champion Susan Polgar and her team and a two-day competition on July
6-7.
Ten participants from seven nations including India,
Indonesia, Iran and Vietnam will fight it out for a prize pool worth
more than 6,000 EUR (8,200 USD).
The highest-ranked participant and youngest in the competition will be 14-year-old Zhansaya Abdumalik from Kazakhstan.
Hoang Thi Nhu Y, Le Hoang Tran Chau and Nguyen Thi Mai Hung will represent the host team.
Top
player Grandmaster Le Quang Liem will be among the guests attending the
event. Liem is currently completing his scholarship at Webster
University.
Polgar is the chairwoman of the Susan Polgar
Foundation, a world-known chess institute located in the US. She is also
head coach of the Webster University chess club which is currently
ranked first in the United States.
Spectators are allowed to attend and observe the competitions on the final two days of the competition.
The
first event took place last week at Webster University’s Geneva campus,
while the final event will take place on July 11-15 at University’s
home campus in St. Louis, Missouri.
The world-class event aims to
promote and further women’s chess and to give learning and competing
opportunities to some of Asia’s finest young female chess talents.
The
Commission for Women’s Chess of the International Chess Federation, in
partnership with the Vietnam Chess Federation, Webster University and
the Susan Polgar Foundation, are co-sponsoring the project.-VNA