18/08/2026
๐ฑ๐ฆโ๏ธ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐! โ๏ธ๐ฑ๐ฆ
From 7โ17 August, our very own ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ family stood proudly on the international stage at the ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ก+ ๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ in Singapore โ and ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐ delivered a performance to remember! ๐ฅ
๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ. ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐. ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ โ Standard, Rapid & Blitz.
And ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ โ Friday, 14 August for Standard, and Sunday, 16 August for Rapid, Blitz & the closing ceremony. ๐
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๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐
๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ โ ๐ช๐ข๐ ๐๐ก ๐ฑ๐ฌ
๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ
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๐ฆ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ โ ASEAN+ & ASEAN
๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ โ ๐ช๐ข๐ ๐๐ก ๐ฑ๐ฌ
๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ
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๐ฆ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ โ ASEAN+ & ASEAN
๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ โ ๐ช๐ข๐ ๐๐ก ๐ฑ๐ฌ
๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ
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๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐ญ๐ โ ASEAN+ & ASEAN
๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ โ ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ด ๐ง๐๐๐
๐ฅ ๐ก๐ด๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ท๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป
๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น
๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ
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๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐ญ๐ โ ASEAN+ & ASEAN
๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ด ๐ง๐๐๐
๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ
๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐๐ต๐ฎ
๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ
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๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐ญ๐ โ ASEAN+ & ASEAN
๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ด ๐ง๐๐๐
๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐๐ต๐ฎ
๐๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ
๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ
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๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐ญ๐ โ ASEAN+ & ASEAN
๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง'๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐๐! ๐
๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฟ + ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ = ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐! ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐
Every result earned a medal under ๐๐ข๐ง๐ the ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ก+ ranking (all participating federations) and the ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ก-๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ranking system.
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ for our U18 Boys Team in Standard, and a ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ for our U18 Girls Team across Rapid and Blitz โ plus a ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐บ for ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ in Women 50 โ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฟ in Rapid, ๐ฆ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฟ in Blitz, and ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ in Standard! ๐๐ฅ
๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐๐จ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐บ
Beyond the chessboards, Team Laos also proudly showcased the beauty of Lao culture at the ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด, where our team performed a traditional ๐๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ and brought a little piece of Laos to the international stage. ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐โจ
And what a result โ our team proudly took home ๐ฎ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ and a ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ! ๐ฅ๐
A very special ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ to ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น for generously helping our players learn and practice the Lao dance, providing the beautiful traditional costumes and props, and supporting our team throughout the preparation. ๐โค๏ธ
This achievement would not have been possible without your kindness and support.
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ โ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ! ๐ฑ๐ฆโค๏ธโ๏ธ
๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐
This trip was about more than medals. It was about ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, and ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ.
Team Laos walked into Changi Airport with the flag held high, competed shoulder to shoulder with Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, India, New Zealand and more, and showed the region that ๐๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด. ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ
๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ง๐ข ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐
A huge thank you to ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ for sponsoring our team uniforms and helping our delegation present a strong, united Laos identity โ from the airport to the awards podium. ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ
We're also grateful to the ๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป for their continued support in sending our players to compete on the international stage, and to the ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป for organizing a championship that gave our region's young players such a memorable stage to shine on. ๐
โค๏ธ ๐ง๐ข ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง๐ฆ & ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฆ โค๏ธ
And to every ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต who made the trip โ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐! โค๏ธ
This was a ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ under the Laos Chess Federation, and you carried it with pride.
๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐. ๐ฑ๐ฆโค๏ธ
๐ข๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ! โ๏ธโจ
