Chess Competes in 12 Numbers, Vietnam and Indonesia Secure 2 Golds Each
SURABAYA-The first day of the ASEAN University Games (AUG) 2024 chess competition at UPN Veteran East Java was fierce. A total of 38 student athletes from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Timor Leste competed for the AUG 2024 gold medal in the Ballroom of the Joint Lecture Building 2, Faculty of Economics and Business of UPN Veteran East Java on Thursday (27/06/2024).
Chess sports competed in 12 competition numbers. One of the competition categories is blitz chess or what is known as lightning chess. The athletes play for a maximum of 10 minutes and are divided into 7 rounds.
At noon, the event continued with the rapid chess category where athletes play for a maximum of 30 minutes in 1 round. Athletes play individually for both male and female, before continue playing in teams.
In the final blitz chess ranking, the Indonesian team won the gold
medal in the men's individual blitz chess category, and won the silver medal.
Meanwhile, the bronze was won by the Malaysian team.
Meanwhile, in the women's individual blitz chess category, the
Vietnamese team won the gold medal, the Indonesian team won the silver medal,
and the Vietnamese team won the bronze medal.
In the team men blitz game, the Indonesian team won the gold medal,
while the Malaysian team won the silver medal and the Singaporean team took
home the bronze medal.
In the team women blitz game, the Vietnamese team won the gold medal, the Indonesian team won the silver medal, while the Malaysian team won the bronze medal.
After the medal ceremony, the Rector of UPN Veteran East Java, Akhmad
Fauzi, expressed his pride for the best performance shown by each competing
team.
He also commented on the Indonesian chess team winning the gold medal
at home. "This gold medal can be the spirit of the Indonesian chess team
so that they can grab gold medals in other categories at AUG 2024," he
said.
The AUG 2024 Chess Game is still ongoing until 1 July 2024. Today
(Friday, 28 June 2024), the event will focused on the Rapid Games category and
continue with the Standard or Classic Games category which will be closed with
the Rapid Category Awarding.
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Reporter:
AUG PR Team/UPN Veteran East Java PR Team
Editor:
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