The 2026 Asian Youth Chess Championship is being held in Shenzhen (China).
The Vietnamese youth chess team has early won 2 championships in the first rapid chess events at the tournament.
In the U18 men's group, player Pham Tran Gia Phuc won a rapid chess gold medal with a total of 6 points after 7 matches. The male player won 5 matches, 2 draws in the matches he competed in.
After this result, Nguyen Vu Bao Chau won a gold medal in rapid chess for the women's U10 group. She achieved 6 points after 7 games played to maintain the overall No. 1 position.
July 24th will be the final competition day and 9 blitz chess games in the groups will take place. This year, the tournament is organized according to age groups U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18.
The Vietnamese youth chess team registered 80 chess players to compete. Among them, some notable faces such as Bang Gia Huy, Dinh Nho Kiet, Dau Khuong Duy...
Also in the results of the rapid chess event in the groups, the Vietnamese Youth Chess Team won additional silver medals for the U18 men's team by Dang Anh Minh, silver medals for the U16 men's team by Dau Khuong Duy, silver medals for the U12 men's team by Phan Le Hoang Quan, bronze medals for the U12 men's team by Nguyen Luong Vu, bronze medals for the U14 women's team by Tran Le Vy and bronze medals for the U16 women's team by Vu Nguyen Bao Linh.
