Local team suffers failure in third round of Chess Olympiad
VOV.VN - Four female competitors endured a defeat in the third round of the ongoing 44th Chess Olympiad in Mahabalipuram of Chennai in India after losing 3-1 to Poland on July 31.
Vietnam came into the match with their strongest team, including Vo Thi Kim Phung, Hoang Thi Bao Tram, Nguyen Thi Mai Hung, and Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong.
Poland also sent their best possible team to the tournament. In the game, Bao Tram was forced to a draw against Monika Socko, while Kim Phung lost out to rival Alina Kashlinskaya.
In addition, Mai Hung was beaten by Oliwia Kiolbas, whilst Thuy Duong also tied with Maria Malicka.
Overall, the nation finished the round with two draws and two losses against the Poles, thereby accepting their first failure in the tournament with the score of 3-1.
As a result, the team dropped to 34th in the rankings with four points. Moving into the fourth round, Vietnam are due to face off against No.57 seeds Chile.
This represents the second international tournament that Vietnamese masters have taken part in.
Furthermore, it is also the first time in 30 years that the country has not had any male competitors in the Open Division. This is because all of them, including Grandmaster Le Quang Liem who just triumphed at the Biel Grandmaster 2022 last week, are busy with personal reasons.
Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing various nations of the world compete against each other. The first official Olympiad was held in 1927 in London and saw the participation of 16 countries. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, online Chess Olympiads were held in 2020 and 2021.
