Vietnamese grandmaster finishes second at Danzhou chess event
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem finished second at the Danzhou Super Grandmaster Tournament, which concluded in China on July 18.
In the last match, Liem, who has
Elo rating of 2.726, tied with Wei Yi of China, Elo 2.738, after 18 moves.
After nine matches, the
former world blitz
chess champion Liem had 5.5 points to
become the runner-up of the event with the award of 11,000 USD.
Chinese Yi took the event’s title
with 6.5 points to walk away with the prize of 20,000 USD.
With this result, Liem will gain
10 more Elo points to reach an Elo rating of 2.736 and ranks 27th in the world.
After this tournament, Liem will
compete in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament on August 14-19 in
the US.
[Vietnam’s Grandmaster Liem to compete in US Rapid Blitz event]
The event will attract the
participation of top chess players, including Ivan Nepomniachtchi of the Russia
(Elo rating of 2.819), Hikaru Nakamura of the US (2.796), Lenier Dominguez of
Cuba (2.803), Viswanathan Anand of India (2.789), Levon Aronian of Armenia (2.797)
and Sergey Karjakin of Russia (2.765).
Liem is one of four wildcards.
The three others are GMs Leinier
Dominguez of Cuba (2.796), David Navara of the Czech Republic (2.737) and Garry Kasparov of Russia,
54-year-old former world champion.-VNA