The eight strongest Vietnamese players participate in the Eight Heroes Chess Tournament

The Organizing Committee selected 2 seeded players, who are International Grandmasters and National Masters, for each group. Accordingly, International Grandmaster and 2023 National Champion Nguyen Thanh Bao is in Group A with National Masters Nguyen Anh Man, Dao Van Trong and Phi Manh Cuong.

Group B has seed Nguyen Anh Quan - National Master, 2023 Strong Player Champion, and other National Masters Phan Trong Tin, Chu Tuan Hai and International Master, 2010 National Champion Vo Minh Nhat.

Two groups at the Eight Heroes Chess Tournament. Photo: Organizing Committee

Players compete in a round robin in groups. Each group selects the 2 players with the best results to enter the semi-finals, from which the 2 winners are selected to play in the final, the two losers compete for third and fourth place.

Each match has 2 games of first and last move, rapid chess each side has 20 minutes + 5 seconds. After 2 games if the result is a draw, a blitz game will be played, the first side has 6 minutes, the second side has 4 minutes, each move plus 3 seconds.

The champion received a prize of 20 million VND, the second prize received 10 million VND. The third and fourth prizes received prizes of 7 and 5 million VND respectively.

VietNamNet

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