I woke with the sun and walked to Tao Dan Park feeling fresh and did the exercise circuit.
In the late morning I spent time in the General Science Library and then walked to the Rex Hotel and registered for the chess tournament. I paid 2,000,000d and was expecting to receive 235,000d, but was short changed 200,000d. I became aware of the shortage before leaving the registration desk and asked for the 200,000d owed to me. Round 1 starts at 15:30...
...Round 1 is complete. I was paired with a 1561 FIDE rated woman and drew with the black pieces. She opened with 1. d4 and I opted for 1. ...Nf6. According to computer analysis we both played accurately until I made a losing move with ninety seconds remaining on my clock, but the error went unpunished and a draw was secured.
Game Notation -
[Event "HD Bank International Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Saigon, Vietnam"]
[Date "March 7,2019"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nguyen Ngo Lien Huong"]
[Black "JWW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian defense"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.e3 d5 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Ne4 9.
dxc5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.Qc2 Qxc5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bd3 g6 14.O-O Nc6 15.Rfc1
Bg4 16.Nd4 Rac8 17.h3 Bd7 18.Qb2 Ne5 19.Be2 Rc7 20.Qb4 Rfc8 21.Nb3 Qxb4 22.
cxb4 Rxc1+ 23.Rxc1 Nc4 24.Nc5 Nd6 25.Rd1 Be6 26.Bf3 b6 27.Bxd5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5
Nc4 29.Ne4 Nxa3 30.Rd7 Nb5 31.Ng5 Rc7 32.Rd5 Nc3 33.Rd3 h6 34.Nf3 Na2 35.Rd4
Kg7 36.Ne5 h5 37.g4 hxg4 38.Rxg4 Kf6 39.Nc4 Nxb4 40.Nxb6 axb6 41.Rxb4 Rb7 42.
Kf1 g5 43.Ke2 b5 44.Kd3 Ke5 45.Kc3 Kd5 46.Rd4+ Kc5 47.h4 gxh4 48.Rxh4 Rd7 49.
Rf4 Rc7 50.Rf5+ Kb6+ 51.Kb4 Rc4+ 52.Kb3 Rc7 53.e4 Ka5 54.f3 Rd7 55.e5 Rd3+ 56.
Kc2 Rd7 57.Rf4 Rd5 58.Rf5 Ka4 59.f4 b4 60.Rxf7 b3+ 61.Kb2 Rd2+ 62.Kc1 Re2 63.
Ra7+ Kb5 64.Rd7 Kc4 65.Rc7+ Kd3 66.Rd7+ Kc3 67.Rc7+ Kd3 68.Rd7+ Kc3 1/2-1/2
Van Wely, Loek (NED) - Le, Minh Hoang (VIE)