Third grade Le Phan Hoang Quan was crowned champion of the standard chess content at the 2023 Asian Youth Chess Championship in United Arab Emirate.

This is Ilamparthi's second big achievement of 2023 after the youngster achieved his international master title.

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With impressive study results, young Asian Chess champion 2019 Nghiem Thao Tam, 18, won a scholarship of VND 3.3 billion (nearly $170,000) to study computer science at a domestic university.