Pichot Alan tops Masters category of Int’l open chessVietNamNet Bridge – Argentine grandmaster Alan Pichot topped the Masters category of the eighth HDBank Cup International Open Chess 2018 in Hanoi yesterday. Argentine grandmaster Pichot Alan. Vietnamese Tran Tuan Minh and Karthikeyan Murali of India re second and third, both with three points. Other Vietnamese representatives Lu Chan Hung and No 1 seed Le Quang Liem earned 2.5 points but Hung ranked eighth on a tie-breaker, while HCM City-born player Liem stands in 12th place. Today, Liem, world No 22, will face Pandian Karthikeyan of India in the fourth round.

Source: VietNamNet News March 12, 2018 05:37 UTC