Liem beat his rival 3.5 – 2.5 in blitz chess to advance to the fourth round of the tournament. Earlier, the two players drew their first and second game in the standard event so they had to play rapid games to decide the winner.

Vietnamese International Grandmaster Le Quang Liem.

Liem will face Levon Aronian of Armenia in the next round.

By reaching the fourth round of 16 players, Liem will walk away with at least 25,000 USD.

The FIDE World Cup 2019 is a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament held from September 9 to October 4.

The matches from round one to round six consist of two classical games.

The finalists of the tournament will qualify for the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship 2020.

The total prize fund is 1.6 million USD, with the winner taking away 110,000 USD.

Nguyen Thien Ngan crowned world U14 rapid chess champion

Vietnamese player Nguyen Thien Ngan defeated No. 1 seed Van Foreest Machteld from the Netherlands to win the girls’ U14 rapid chess event at the 2019 World Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in Spain.

Two Bac Giang chess players join World Youth Chess Championships

(BGO) – The World Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2019 takes place in Spain from September 11 – 17.

Top Vietnamese chess players compete at World Cup

Top Vietnamese chess players Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son are competing at the FIDE World Cup 2019 which began in the town of Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, on September 10.

Vietnamese boy wins bronze at World Cadet Chess Championship

Dau Khuong Duy won the bronze medal in the under-8 boys category at the 2019 World Cadet Chess Championship on Sunday.

Bac Giang wins 5 medals at national youth chess championship

(BGO) – The National Youth Chess Championship 2019 for Excellent Player, SHB cup was held in Hai Phong province from July 27 – August 4  with the participation of more than 300 young players from 22 provinces, cities and sectors across the nation.  

Source: VNA