The 2026 World Chess Team Championship (Olympiad 2026) opened in Uzbekistan in the early morning of September 16, Vietnam time.
This year, the participating teams will compete in the men's and women's groups with 11 standard chess games according to the Swiss system.
In the first set of men, the Vietnamese chess team competed with 4 players including Banh Gia Huy, Dau Khuong Duy, Pham Tran Gia Phuc and Nguyen Hoang Nam.
Our opponent is the Lesotho chess team with average level. Therefore, all 4 Vietnamese chess players won in the match.
At the end of the match, the Vietnamese men's chess team won 4-0.
On September 17, Vietnamese male chess players will compete in the 2nd set against the Luxembourg team.
Along with male colleagues, the Vietnamese women's chess team won the first set of the 2026 Olympiad.
Captain Bui Vinh brought out 4 players to compete including Nguyen Thi Mai Hung, Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong, Vo Thi Kim Phung, Luong Phuong Hanh.
This squad easily won 4-0 against the Saudi Arabia women's chess team in the opening set.
Today, the Vietnamese women's chess team will play set 2 against Costa Rica.
