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Vietnamese GM advances at Spring Chess Classic in US
Updated: 16:32, 07/03/2019
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.
Grandmaster Liem (Elo rating 2,715), defeated Kasimdzhanov (FIDE World Champion in 2004-2005) after the Uzbek player made some mistakes in the final minute.
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Le Quang Liem has continued to find success at the Spring Chess Classic. |
The victory brought Liem back into the first group of the tournament with 2.5 points.
In the next game, Liem will play Armenian-born American Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian (Elo 2,643), who got 1.5 points in the fourth round.
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Source: VNA
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