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Regional powerhouse Vietnam continues to dominate in standard chess after six rounds of play. Vietnamese players occupy the top three positions in the Open U-8, Open U-10, Open U-12, Open U-14, Open U-16 and Open U-18 categories, and it is a similar story in the Girls U-8 & U-10 Combined and Girls U-18 categories. | Photos: Peter Long
After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the long-running ASEAN Age Group Championships have resumed. The 21st ASEAN+ Age Group Championship is currently being held in Bangkok, Thailand from 17-26 June 2023 and has attracted 328 players from 15 countries. As in the previous 20 editions, classical, rapid and blitz tournaments will be played in categories ranging from under 8 to under 20, for both boys and girls. | Photo: Thailand's young national champion and No. 1 ranked player leads representatives from all participating countries in pledge for fair play. | Photo: Prin Laohawirapap
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The ASEAN Age Group Championships is an extremely important event for young kids living in the ASEAN countries. They include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar. Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Timur Leste. However, if you look at the name carefully, it says ASEAN+ and the + indicates that more countries are welcome at the championships — China, India, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea. It will be held in 14 age groups from the 17th to the 27th of June 2023, in Bangkok, Thailand. Along with this tournament, there is also an ACC-ECU symposium which will witne...
A FEASIBILITY study for rural energy hubs has seen low engagement from Shetlanders this week. This comes after the council, in partnership with Community Energy Scotland and Aquatera, received a grant of £52,648 from Innovate UK to carry out the study. The team were in Brae and...