Thursday, March 08, 2012

2nd HDBank Cup completed - Ni Hua is the winner

The 2nd HDBank Cup Open Chess tournament 2012 was held on 1-8th March in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Chinese GM Ni Hua won the tournament in convincing fashion by collecting 8 points from nine possible. Half a point behind is local star and top seed GM Le Quang Liem.

93 players from 14 countries participated in the 9-round event with Swiss pairings.

Standings:
1. GM Ni Hua CHN 2637 - 8
2. GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2698 - 7.5
3-7. GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2662, Wan Yunguo CHN 2441, IM Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2485, GM Xiu Deshun CHN 2492 and GM Tu Hoang Thong VIE 2416 - 6.5
8-14. IM Gao Rui CHN 2417, IM Le Quang Long VIE 2336, WGM Pham Le Thao Nguyen VIE 2351, IM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 2453, GM Barbosa Oliver PHI 2585, CM Nguyen Hoang Nam VIE 2361 and GM Bui Vinh VIE 2463 - 6 etc

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