Lê Kiều Thiên Kim (born 10 December 1981) is a Vietnamese chess player and

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Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

. She won the Vietnamese Women's Chess Championship in 2002.

Biography

In 2002, Kim won the Vietnamese Women's Chess Championship, but in 2006, she won silver medal in Vietnamese Women's Chess Championship. In 2011, Lê Kiều Thiên Kim won 3rd place in

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Women's Chess Championship. In 2004, Lê Kiều Thiên Kim participated in

Women's World Chess Championship The Women's World Chess Championship is a chess match played to determine the Women's World Chess Champion. It has been administered by FIDE since its inception in 1927, unlike the absolute World Chess Championship, which only came under FIDE's ...

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system and in the first round lost to

Hoang Thanh Trang Hoàng Thanh Trang (born 25 April 1980) is a Vietnamese-born Hungarian chess grandmaster. She was Asian women's champion in 2000 and European women's champion in 2013. Hoang competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2000, 2001, 2004 ...

. Kim played for Vietnam: * in

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participated 6 times 1998-2004, 2008, 2012); * in Women's World Team Chess Championship participated in 2007; * in Women's Asian Team Chess Championship participated 2 times (2003, 2008) and won team silver (2003) and bronze (2008) medals, as well as won individual gold (2003) medal; * in Asian Indoor Games participated in 2007 and won team bronze medal. In 2001, she was awarded the FIDE

(WIM) title.

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* * * 1981 births Living people Vietnamese chess players Chess Woman International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors {{Vietnam-chess-bio-stub