Lai Ly Huynh is one of the chess players noticed by fans and chess experts at the 2026 National Team Championship held from July 13 to July 22.
On July 13, participating units held a technical meeting to draw lots for professional competitions.
Coming to this year's tournament, the Ho Chi Minh City chess team registered the highest-level faces to compete for medals such as Lai Ly Huynh, Dam Thi Thuy Dung, Nguyen Minh Nhat Quang, Nguyen Hoang Yen, Dao Cao Khoa, Phan Trong Tin, Do Pham Nhat Minh, Diep Khai Nguyen, Ngo Tri Thien, Phan Nguyen Cong Minh, Vu Quoc Dat, Dao Quoc Hung, Tran Tue Doanh, Lai Quynh Tien, Nguyen Tran Do Ninh...
The organizers put into competition medal-winning events including: men's team, women's team, men's doubles, mixed men's team, traditional men's team, traditional women's team, traditional men's doubles, traditional mixed men's team and men's individual, women's individual, traditional men's individual, traditional women's individual.
The contents will compete with time formats: standard, fast, flash, super flash.
In which each unit competing in the men's team and traditional men's team events is allowed to register a squad including 3 official players and 1 reserve player.
The women's team, mixed doubles, mixed doubles, traditional mixed doubles, and traditional mixed doubles events allow each team to register 2 official players and 1 reserve player.
After the 2026 National Team Championship, Lai Ly Huynh will participate in the Vietnam - Guangdong (China) international friendly chess tournament held in Da Nang city from July 23 to July 29.
The Vietnamese chess squad has 12 faces competing against Chinese chess players including Lai Ly Huynh, Nguyen Thanh Bao, Ha Van Tien, Nguyen Minh Nhat Quang, Vu Quoc Dat, Dang Huu Trang, Nguyen Quang Nhat, Ton That Nhat Tan, Phan Nguyen Cong Minh, Dao Quoc Hung, Nguyen Anh Quan, Tran Nguyen Si La.
