By B2B Asia News on Jun, 29 2026
The Cambodian Chess League, a student-led organisation dedicated to fostering the chess community in Cambodia through tournaments and student competitions, organised its first major youth chess event in the Kingdom on June 13, 2026, at CIA First Chbar Ampov.
The competition brought together over 100 students from 28 schools across Phnom Penh.
The event used a team scoring system with students split into teams of four to determine the winners. In the end, the ‘Quintessential Chess Tuplets’ team won first place, comprising members Lun Chanpol, Heng Prakpanhaboth, Serey ReachSambath and Taing Fuli.
Furthermore, the Top 10 Best individual players out of the 100 were:
- Chhon RatanakMongkul
- Chao Jinularo
- Bunhong Usa
- Heang Tharareach
- Kim Sanker
- Srey NorakSeyha
- Wang Zijia
- Srey NorakSeyha
- Serey ReachSambath
- Taing Fuli
According to Rithyuth Nov, President of the Cambodian Chess League, the event was organised because the league saw the raw potential of Cambodia’s youth chess community and wished to create an event that would allow student chess players to further develop their skills through friendly competition.
The initiative began as localised, informal inter-school chess tournaments driven by organic participant registration, and then transitioned to a formal organisational structure with standardised registration workflows and targeted digital outreach pipelines. The league also secured commercial sponsorship contracts with Amarak Farm, Bakeology, CIA FIRST, Uncle Hai, and Hai La Hotpot.
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