Vietnam’s female chess players will participate in the 41st World Chess
Olympiad which will commence in Oslo, Norway, on August 2.
The
five-member team, with coach Le Hong Duc, are among the top 20 teams at
the two-week-long competition, in which 138 teams are competing.
Most
of the top-ranked female chess masters will reportedly participate,
including reigning world champion Hou Yifan of China, six of the top 10
players and three former champions.
Vietnam’s male chess players
will also compete in the Chess Olympiad, with five of the strongest
contenders being in the Open category. They are seeded No 33.
Russia, Ukraine and France are the top three teams.
At
the previous championships in Turkey two years ago, Vietnam’s male
chess players finished in seventh place, while the women failed to make
it to the top 10.-VNA