3rd and 8th of December

More than 30 titled players start at the 2nd Dragon Vietnam Chess Open. The competition will take place between 3rd and 8th of December in Ho Chi Minh city. Top seeded is GM Le Quang Liem (winner of last year’s edition ahead of Wesley So and Zurab Azmaiparashvili), and his main competition comes from GM Dao Thien Hai, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi, and GM Tu Hoang Thong.

Participants

1 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2624

2 GM Dao Thien Hai VIE 2524

3 GM Tu Hoang Thong VIE 2509

4 IM Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy VIE 2475

5 IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2448

6 GM Nguyen Anh Dung VIE 2447

7 IM Nguyen Thanh Son VIE 2441

8 IM Duong The Anh VIE 2426

9 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi MAS 2419

10 IM Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2405

11 FM Chan Wei Xuan Timothy SIN 2384

12 IM Tu Hoang Thai VIE 2380

13 FM Pham Chuong VIE 2371

14 CM Nguyen Hoang Nam VIE 2368

15 FM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 2357

16 IM Lim Yee-Weng MAS 2336

17 WGM Nguyen Thi Thanh An VIE 2334

18 IM Sharma Dinesh K IND 2329

19 FM Otte Marijn NED 2300

20 WIM Pham Le Thao Nguyen VIE 2295

21 Le Quang Long VIE 2286

22 CM Nguyen Van Hai VIE 2283

23 FM Ton That Nhu Tung VIE 2272

24 FM Fernandez Daniel Howard SIN 2230

25 WIM Nguyen Thi Tuong Van VIE 2227

26 WIM Le Kieu Thien Kim VIE 2221

27 Bao Khoa VIE 2207

28 Vo Dai Hoai Duc VIE 2175

29 FM Lo Kin Mun Dominic SIN 2174

30 WIM Bui Kim Le VIE 2170

31 Tan Weiliang SIN 2168

32 WFM Hoang Thi Nhu Y VIE 2150

33 WIM Nguyen Quynh Anh VIE 2148

34 Nguyen Minh Tuan VIE 2082

35 Dang Hoang Son VIE 2040

36 Do Hoang Lam VIE 2017

37 Wolfaardt Francois RSA 1802

38 Tong Thai Hung VIE 0

39 Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen VIE 0