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Top Vietnamese chess player named No 29 in world rankings

Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has risen four places, from No 33 to No 29, in FIDE’s world rankings for April.
Top Vietnamese chess player named No 29 in world rankings ảnh 1Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem (Photo vietbao.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) - Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has risen fourplaces, from No 33 to No 29, in FIDE’s world rankings for April.

HisElo rating also jumped from 2712 to 2726, the best Elo rating in Vietnamesechess history. (The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relativeskill levels of players in competitor-versus-competitor games such as chess).

Liemwon the international chess tournament, HD Bank 2017, held in HCM City and theCollege Final Four held in the US.

Hiscareer best ranking was No 27 in April of 2013.

OtherVietnamese representatives Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Tran Tuan Minh ranked149th and 524th in the world, with Elo ratings of 2623 and 2534, respectively.-VNA
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