Dau Khuong Duy won absolute victory in rapid chess, blitz chess, and super blitz chess in the U15 men's group at the 2026 National Excellent Youth Chess Championship.
The competition program just closed on August 31, in Quang Tri.
In the rapid chess event, after 9 rounds, Dau Khuong Duy won the gold medal with a total score of 7.5 points.
This player has had 6 wins and 3 draws in his games.
In the blitz chess competition, Dau Khuong Duy achieved a total of 8 points after 9 games to maintain the No. 1 position.
In the blitz chess event, the male player from Hanoi achieved a total of 7.5 points after 9 matches and surpassed Chau Van Khai Hoan (Hue, 6.5 points), Trieu Gia Huy (Hanoi, 6.5 points) to win the gold medal.
Dau Khuong Duy did not participate in the standard chess event at this tournament.
Dau Khuong Duy's results contributed to the overall achievement of 21 gold medals, 15 silver medals, 17 bronze medals of the Hanoi Youth Chess Team at this year's tournament.
With the above achievement, the Hanoi team ranked second overall.
Holding the No. 1 position is the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Chess Team with achievements of 30 gold medals, 32 silver medals, 21 bronze medals.
At the tournament, the Ho Chi Minh City youth chess team had many important faces competing such as Ton Nu Quynh Duong, Le Phan Hoang Quan, Dang Anh Minh, Nguyen Quoc Hy, Pham Tran Gia Phuc, Nguyen Thai Son...
The 3rd place overall of this year's tournament belongs to the Can Tho team (7 gold medals, 7 silver medals, 8 bronze medals).
Throughout the tournament, chess players participated in rapid chess, blitz chess, super blitz chess, standard chess according to age groups U6, U7, U8, U9, U10, U11, U13, U15, U17, U20.
On the same day, August 31, Vietnamese youth chess received good news when player Tran Ngoc Minh Duy (Dong Nai) won 3 medals at the 2026 East Asian Youth Championship held in China. The Vietnamese player won a gold medal in rapid chess individual, a silver medal in standard chess, and a bronze medal in blitz chess.
