Võ Thị Kim Phụng | |
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![]() Võ at the HDBank Open in 2016 | |
Country | Vietnam |
Born | Huế, Vietnam [1] | June 8, 1993
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2017) |
Peak rating | 2425 (January 2018) |
Võ Thị Kim Phụng (born 8 June 1993) is a Vietnamese chess player. She won the Asian Junior Girls Championship in 2010 [2] and 2013. [3] Võ also won gold medals at the ASEAN Age-Group Championships in the Girls U-12 category in 2004, [4] the Girls U-14 in 2006 [5] and 2007, [6] the Girls U-16 in 2009, [7] and the Girls U-20 in 2011, [8] 2012 [9] and 2013. [10]
In March 2017, she won the Women's Zonal 3.3 Championship to qualify to play in the Women's World Chess Championship. [11] In May, Võ won the Asian Women's Championship in Chengdu, China. [12] As a result of this victory, she was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE. In 2018, Võ competed in the Women's World Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. She was knocked out by Bela Khotenashvili in the first round after losing by a score of ½–1½. [13]
In team events, Võ has played for Vietnam in the Women's World Team Chess Championship and the Women's Chess Olympiad.
Võ Thị Kim Phụng | |
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![]() Võ at the HDBank Open in 2016 | |
Country | Vietnam |
Born | Huế, Vietnam [1] | June 8, 1993
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2017) |
Peak rating | 2425 (January 2018) |
Võ Thị Kim Phụng (born 8 June 1993) is a Vietnamese chess player. She won the Asian Junior Girls Championship in 2010 [2] and 2013. [3] Võ also won gold medals at the ASEAN Age-Group Championships in the Girls U-12 category in 2004, [4] the Girls U-14 in 2006 [5] and 2007, [6] the Girls U-16 in 2009, [7] and the Girls U-20 in 2011, [8] 2012 [9] and 2013. [10]
In March 2017, she won the Women's Zonal 3.3 Championship to qualify to play in the Women's World Chess Championship. [11] In May, Võ won the Asian Women's Championship in Chengdu, China. [12] As a result of this victory, she was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE. In 2018, Võ competed in the Women's World Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. She was knocked out by Bela Khotenashvili in the first round after losing by a score of ½–1½. [13]
In team events, Võ has played for Vietnam in the Women's World Team Chess Championship and the Women's Chess Olympiad.