Liem beats Duda 2.5-0.5(Photo: chess24) Hanoi (VNA) – Grandmaster Le Quang Liem beat 2021 FIDE World Cup champion Jan-Krzysztof Duda for the second time in four months at the FTX Crypto Cup on August 18. After the victory, which helped him bag a reward of 7,500 USD, the grandmaster will face “chess king” Magnus Carlsen in the fourth round of the tournament. Liem is ranked sixth with three points (Photo: VNA) Four months ago at the Oslo Esports Cup, Liem defeated Jan-Krzysztof Duda 4-2. However, he came second at the tournament as he was one point behind Duda. At that tournament, Liem shocked the world as he defeated both "chess king" Magnus Carlsen and World Cup champion Jan-Krzysztof Duda. FTX Crypto Cup 2022 is taking place from August 15-28 in Miami. Currently, Liem is ranked sixth with three points. Meanwhile, Carlsen is leading with nine points./. VNA … [Read more...] about Winning over World Cup champion, GM Le Quang Liem to face “chess king”
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Top tennis player enjoys record high in world rankings
Ly Hoang Nam rises to world’s No.332 in latest ATP rankings (Photo: ATP) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has passed a milestone in his career when rising to the world’s No.332 in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings. In early August, Nam made a great contribution to helping the Vietnam ese tennis team win the Davis Cup Group III runner-up in the Asia-Pacific region 2022 and a ticket to play in the World Group II play-off next year. With his stable performance, the player of Tay Ninh province may soon achieve his goal – entering Top 300 in ATP Rankings before 30 years old. He is scheduled to travel to Thailand to compete at 2022 Nonthaburi Challenger from August 22-28./. VNA … [Read more...] about Top tennis player enjoys record high in world rankings
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – August 19
What you need to know today in Vietnam: Politics -- The Vietnam - India Bilateral Army Exercise (VINBAX) 2022 concluded with a ceremony held at Engineering Brigade 474 in the Indian state of Haryana on Thursday, the Vietnam News Children ride bicycles near social housing blocks in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre Agency reported the same day. Society -- Forty-one Vietnamese citizens escaped a casino in Cambodia and swam across a river to flee to Vietnam over overwork and low pay, Colonel Le Tan Hoa, a police chief in An Giang Province, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Thursday. -- A seven-seater car crashed into a household, killing one person and injuring two others, while running in Ca Mau Province, southern Vietnam on Thursday. The driver left the vehicle, seeming to be drunk, eyewitnesses said. -- Ten Vietnamese scientists have been included in six fields ranked by Research.com for their excellence in scientific publishing. … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – August 19