Vietnamese chess player wins in first round at women's world champsVietNamNet Bridge – Pham Le Thao Nguyen of Viet Nam won her first round match at the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championships 2017 yesterday in Tehran, Iran. Pham Le Thao Nguyen of Viet Nam wins first games at the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championships. She will next play Women’s Grandmaster (WGM) Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia who won 1.5-0.5 over Chinese WGM Zhai Mo. The 64-player knock-out tournament, to decide the women’s world chess champion, was originally slated for last October. The tournament features some of the world’s top players, including former Women’s World Champions Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia), Anna Ushenina (Ukraine), Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria), the current Women’s World Rapid and Blitz Champion Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine), and three-time Russian champion and two-time European Champion Valentina Gunina (Russia).

Source: VietNamNet News February 14, 2017 04:30 UTC