Master Hien bags silver at national chess competition
World U8 champion Nguyen Le Cam Hien earned a silver medal at the National Youth Chess Championship’s girls’ U9 category on July 17 in Danang.
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Hien, from Quang Ninh Province, grabbed 7.5 points and came in second in the standard chess event.
Thai Ngoc Tuong Minh of Dong Nai won a gold medal with 8.5 points.
Earlier, Hien claimed a bronze medal in rapid chess and finished sixth in the blitz event.
In other standard categories, Vuong Trung Hieu topped the boys’ U20; Nguyen Hoang Anh won the girls’ U20; Phung Thi Quynh Trang triumphed in the girls’ U17, and Le Minh Hoang claimed the boys’ U17.
