Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The career of thenumber one Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem entered a new chapter when heaccepted to coach a chess team of the US’s Webster University, replacing SusanPolgar, former women's World Champion.
Under the guidance ofPolgar, Liem served as a team captain when he was a student at WebsterUniversity from 2013-2017. During two years in this position, he brought manychampionships to the university.
After earning twobachelors with excellence in science-finance, and arts - management in 2017. Liem hasstill been in close contact with the chess team.
Liem said chess is hislife and becoming a coach is his dream so that he must grasp this opportunity,which he expects to help him settle down and focus on expertise withunrestricted time.
It is the job he loves and he believed that he could do it well, he said.
At present, the team haseight grandmasters with high Elo from 2550 to 2650, most notably Lazaro Bruzon Batista from Cuba who earned a world championship, two American championships and Elo 2711 in 2012.
According to Liem,he will make several small adjustments to help team members improve skills,such working with each one to learn about their strengths and weaknesses tohelp them better.
As the universityonly launches two tournaments, namely Pan American Intercollegiate Team ChessChampionship and Final Four each year, he said he will still have time to compete inimportant championships such as Olympiad, World Cup and SEA Games./.
