Liem defeated GM Vishnu Prasanna of India, taking his third win at the event.

Le Quang Liem is ninth at the Dubai Open after four rounds.

Liem has 3.5 points and stands ninth. He will face Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan in the next round.

Another Vietnamese Nguyen Anh Khoi also won, beating Seyed Kian Poormosavi of Iran. He has three points and ranks No 35. His next rival will be GM Aravindh Chithambaram of India.

The event ends on April 9.

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: VNA