Thuy Duong wins World Youth Chess Championships

The 15 year-old girl (Elo 1661) made a good start with 3 consecutive wins, including a victory over her strong Russian rival (Elo 2194), seeded No.2.

Duong held a draw with No. 1 seed Goltseva Ekaterina (Elo 2203) in the fourth match and lost to No 4 seed Getman Tatyana (Elo 2080) in the fifth match.

However, she continued to have 4 other unbeaten matches, earning a total of 7.5 points.  With 1.5 points more than her follower, Duong won the rapid event at U16 class.

In Chess Olympiad, concluded in Batumi, Georgia on October 6, Duong was the youngest Vietnamese player and received silver cup for talented young chess player. Previously, she also won U16 class’s Asian Youth Chess Championship and Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship 2017.