Ninh Binh’s chess player wins title at World Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships 2024

The championships, held from December 13 to 17, featured 323 chess masters from 35 countries and territories, competing in the U14, U16, and U18 age groups.

Vietnam sent a team of 15 players to compete in both rapid and blitz categories for boys and girls. Vietnamese players secured a total of five gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

Dau Khuong Duy topped the boys' U14 blitz chess category, finishing with a total of 18 points from 16 wins and four draws. He also secured his world title in the boys’ U14 rapid chess competition, with an impressive score of 9.5 points from 11 matches.

The Vietnamese youth chess team celebrated a third gold medal awarded to Nguyen Binh Vy in the girls’ U16 rapid chess event, where she recorded an impressive 9.5 points over 11 games to claim the top position.

In the girls’ U14 rapid chess category, Dang Le Xuan Hien accumulated nine points after 11 matches, earning a gold medal. The fifth gold medalist was Nguyen Ngoc Hien in the girls' U16 blitz chess.

Additionally, the Vietnamese team secured two silver medals in the girls' U16 blitz and U14 blitz categories, as well as two bronze medals in the boys' U14 rapid and U14 blitz events.

With this victory, Hien became the first player from the province to win a title at a world chess tournament, surpassing the achievements of silver medals recorded by other Ninh Binh players Nguyen Hong Ngoc in 2018 and Vu Bui Thanh Van in 2020.