Xiangqi athletes hope to win medal at World Mind
Published: 06/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Vu Quan secured one point from his tied game yesterday against Chinese Taipei’s Chiang Chung Hao at the first World Mind Sports Games’ men’s rapid xiangqi (Chinese chess) event in Beijing.
Quan’s teammate, Nguyen Thanh Bao later defeated France’s Dang Nicolas to rank just under Quan with 10 points. There is only one more round, so Vietnamese representatives will at least finish in the top three, if they play well today. The defending Asian champion Ngo Lan Huong was victorious in the first round yesterday with a win over Genden Oyunchimeg from Mongolia. Huong shared the leading place with her teammate Cao Phuong Thanh who also enjoyed the sweet taste of winning after beating Larysa Malymon from the Ukraine. Vietnamese, duo chess masters Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son tied in their sixth round match at the men’s individual rapid chess event. International Grand Master Son levelled with Mikhail Gurevich of Turkey, while Liem tied with Blogh Csaba of Hungary. Both of them pocketed 3.5 points after six rounds and ranked in the tournament’s top ten. In the women’s side, master Hoang Thi Bao Tram trounced Joanna Dworakowska of Poland. Her teammate Pham Le Thao Nguyen, however, lost to Baira Kovanova from Russia. Nguyen, therefore dropped down to the bottom group of the tournament with only two points. The Vietnamese chess masters will have to think hard in the next three rounds, if they want to enter the semi-finals and catch up to foreign rivals. The women’s blitz chess event concluded on Sunday. Russia’s ace chess player Alexandra Kosteniuk clinched the gold medal after coming from behind to beat former world champion Stefanova Antoaneta of Bulgaria 2-1. The 24-year-old Russian, who won a world championship in September, overcame the first-game slump in the final and regained momentum in the following two games to seal a thrilling victory. Her win was the first gold medal of the 15-day Games. (Source: Viet Nam News) |
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