Second seed Quang Liem only needed 35 moves to force the former world rapid champion to concede the defeat.

It was the third victory for the Vietnamese star at this year’s event. Earlier, he recorded two wins over Benjamin Bok (Netherland, Elo 2638) and Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan), four draws against Illya Nyzhnyk (Ukraine), Ray Robson (USA) and Aryan Tari (Norway) and Varuzhan Akobian (USA), and two losses against Jeffery Xiong (USA) and Eric Hansen (Canada).

Le Quang Liem secures three wins, four draws and two losses at the 2019 Spring Chess Classic in St Louis, Missouri, USA.

As the third-place finisher, Liem walked away with a cash prize of US$3,000, half of the stake won by the champion Jeffery Xiong, who scored six points overall. Illya Nyzhnyk was named the runner-up with US$4,000 in prize money.

The 2019 Spring Chess Classic, which took place between March 2 and 10, featured the participation of ten players with an average Elo rating of 2657, who battled it out for more than US$30,000 in total prize money.

By taking part in the US event, Quang Liem could not attend the ongoing 2019 HDBank International Chess Tournament in Ho Chi Minh City, where he has been the three-time champion.

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.

 

Over 300 top players to compete in HDBank chess tournament

More than 300 players from 27 countries and territories worldwide will compete at the ninth HDBankCup International Chess Tournament slated for March 7-13 in Ho Chi Minh City. 

 

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem places fifth at Gibraltar Chess

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem of Vietnam stands fifth at the Gibraltar International Chess Festival after six rounds early on January 28 (Hanoi time).

 

Chess masters bring home Asian bronzes

Vietnam picked up two bronze medals at the Asian Continental Chess Championship, which closed on December 18 in Manila, the Philippines.

 

Vietnam leads in Asian youth chess champs 2018

Vietnam won the Asian Youth Xiangqi (Chinese chess) Championship Vietnam Open, with 17 out of the 30 gold medals.

 

Source: NDO