Ouk chaktrang masters win first SEA Games gold for Việt Nam

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam have secured their first gold medal at the 32nd SEA Games after a win in the women's doubles event in the chess ouk chaktrang event on May 2 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. "I am happy to get the gold medal which is my first time winning at a SEA Games," said Thảo. It is the first time ouk chaktrang, the traditional chess of Cambodia, has been held at the SEA Games. Vietnamese masters have only been learning ouk chaktrang for about eight months in preparation for this tournament. "My switching from international chess to ouk chaktrang was accidental.