After the first eight rounds, No. 10 seed Liem (Elo 2706) scored five points following two wins and six draws, 1.5 points behind the leader, No. 4 seed Korobov Anton (Ukraine, Elo 2756), and half a point clear of No. 5 seed Domiguez Perez Leinier (US, Elo 2752) in third.

Le Quang Liem maintains stable form in the rapid chess event.

Both Liem and Leinier achieved victory in their ninth games, but the US competitor rose to be level on 6.5 points with the Vietnamese star thanks to his 10th-game triumph equalise, while Liem only managed a draw.

Despite playing white in the decisive game on May 16, Liem was held to a draw by Andreikin (Russia, Elo 2759). Meanwhile, Domiguez Perez Leinier was also forced to share points with Rapport Richard (Ukraine, Elo 2739), which meant Liem grabbed the overall silver medal with his better auxiliaries.

A second-place finish in the Mind Games has helped the Vietnamese chess ace to accumulate 30.4 additional rapid chess Elo points.

Korobov Anton was crowned the champion with 8.5 points, thus gaining 47.8 additional rapid Elo points.

The players will play 22 blitz chess games on May 17-18.

The IMSA Mind Games 2019 are taking place in Hengshui, China, from May 14 to 18, with competitions in bridge, chess, draughts, Go, and Xiangqi (Chinese chess). In chess, 16 players are competing in separate open and women’s sections in the Rapid and Blitz events. Le Quang Liem is the only Vietnamese representative in this year’s tournament.

Vietnam secures three golds at Asian Youth Chess Championship

The Vietnamese contingent has concluded the rapid event at the ongoing 2019 Asian Youth Chess Championship in commanding style, claiming three medals of each colour and temporarily standing in second place one gold medal behind Kazakhstan.

 

Vietnamese chess players still unbeaten at Sharjah Masters

Vietnamese players Nguyen Anh Khoi and Le Quang Liem remained unbeaten at the ongoing Sharjah Masters international chess tournament in the United Arab Emirates on March 27.

 

Chinese grandmaster wins HDBank int’l chess tourney

Chinese grandmaster Wang Hao won the men’s group of the 2019 HDBank International Chess Tournament that wrapped up in Ho Chi Minh City on March 13.

 

Vietnamese chess star claims third place at US Spring Chess Classic

Vietnam’s No. 1 chess player, Le Quang Liem, came out in third place overall with five points at the 2019 Spring Chess Classic in St Louis, Missouri, USA, after brilliantly finishing off Ukrainian master Vassily Ivanchuk in the last round on March 10.

 

Vietnamese GM advances at Spring Chess Classic in US

Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem continued his progress by beating Grandmaster Rustam Kasimdzhanov from Uzbekistan in the fourth round of the ongoing Spring Chess Classic on March 5 in Saint Louis, Missouri, the US.

 

Source: NDO