Chess at the 2003 SEA Games
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The chess events at the 22nd Southeast Asian Games were held from 5 to 13 December 2003 at the Vân Đồn sports centre in District 4 of Ho Chi Minh City. This was the first time chess was contested for medals at the Southeast Asian Games. Medals were awarded in eight categories: men's and women's individual and team performances in the combined event held at classical time controls, men's and women's individual competitions at rapid time controls, and men's and women's team competitions at rapid time controls.
Participating nations
Of the nine countries that participated, six competed in all the events. Brunei did not contest the women's rapid events, Thailand only contested the men's events, and Laos sent one player to compete in the men's classical tournament.
Results summary
Individual rapid
On 5 and 6 December, seventeen men and twelve women competed separately in two single-elimination tournaments held at rapid time controls (all moves in 25 minutes, plus 10 seconds increment per move). Participating countries entered a maximum of two players into each rapid tournament.
In the semifinals of the men's tournament, Mark Paragua from the Philippines defeated Vietnam's Đào Thiên Hải 3–1, and Jason Goh Koon-Jong defeated Wu Shaobin (both from Singapore) 3–1. Paragua defeated Goh 1½–½ in the final to win the gold medal.
In the semifinals of the women's tournament, Vietnam's Lê Kiều Thiên Kim defeated Beverly Mendoza from the Philippines 1½–½, and Vietnam's Hoàng Thị Bảo Trâm defeated Malaysia's Siti Zulaikha Foudzi 1½–½.
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