The Asian Team Chess Championship, which kicked off yesterday in the city of Kolkota, India, is the last event of the year for the regional masters series.

Among the contenders competing at the event, the India is heavily represented.

Viet Nam’s Le Quang Liem, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Bui Vinh, Dao Thien Hai and Nguyen Anh Dung will face off against Singapore in the first round.

Now in its 16th edition, the championship was started in 1974.

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