(VOVworld) - Pham Le Thao Nguyen of Vietnam defeated Russian competitor Alexandra Goryachkina to enter the 3^rd round at the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championships 2017, in Tehran, Iran.

Pham Le Thao Nguyen

Women’s Grandmaster (WGM) Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia ranks 21^st in the world ranking, while Nguyen was not in the list of top 100.
Award for athletes in the 3^rd round will be 8,000 USD, while the Champion will claim 60,000 USD.