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Top chess player Liem rises to best-ever world ranking

Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has risen seven places, from No 30 to No 23, in FIDE’s world rankings for men in August, his top ranking so far.
Top chess player Liem rises to best-ever world ranking ảnh 1Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has risen seven places in FIDE’s world rankings for men in August. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Top Vietnamese chessplayer Le Quang Liem has risen seven places, from No 30 to No 23, in FIDE’sworld rankings for men in August, his top ranking so far.

Healso recorded his best Elo rating, improving from 2,726 to 2,739 this month,reported Ha Noi Moi newspaper on August 2. The Elo rating system is a method forcalculating the relative skill of chess players.
[Vietnamese grandmaster finishes second at Danzhou chess event]
His previous career best ranking was No.25in September 2011 with an Elo rating of 2,717.

Liem currently ranks 25th in theworld in terms of Elo rating and 7th in Asia.-VNA
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