PANO – The National Youth Chess Tournament 2016 was held on August 15 in Da Lat city (Lam Dong province), by the Vietnam Chess Federation and the Lam Dong municipal Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism.

Players on the first day of the tournament

The 10-day event drew the participation of 241 chess players, aged between 6 - 20, from 21 teams nationwide.

On the first day, players competed in three categories: the Swiss rules of seven games applied to the table with the number of competitors of 25 or less; the Swiss rules of nine games for the table with the number of competitors of 26 or more; and the round-robin style.

Translated by Thuy Duong