The host side are represented by world reigning champion Lại Lý Huynh, 2022 world team championship winner Nguyễn Thành Bảo and national defending champion Hà Văn Tiến along with other renowned players.
Two Vietnamese masters will check-mate at the 25th International Physically Disabled Chess Association (IPCA) World Chess Championship 2026 in Guardamar, Spain.
Lại Lý Huynh defeated China''s powerful Yin Sheng to take the men''s individual standard gold medal at the World Xiangqi Championship on September 27 in Shanghai.
Nguyễn Minh Thắng, from the Chess Department of the Sports Authority of Việt Nam, believed that his key players have a good chance of earning top spots.
Lai Ly Huynh of Binh Duong won the men''s standard event at the National
Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) First Division Championships 2014, which ended
in Vung Tau on Sunday.
Viet Nam on Saturday won one silver and one bronze at the World Xiangqi
(Chinese chess) Championships in China, snagging two tickets to compete
at the upcoming World Mind Games.
