Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese Grandmaster Le QuangLiem will participate at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) OnlineSteinitz Memorial tournament on May 15-17.
The 2013 world blitz champion Liem will compete alongside world champion MagnusCarlsen of Norway, three-time world blitz champion Alexander Grischuk ofRussia, Peter Svidler of Russia and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in theOpen section, together with five more players who are yet to be determined.
2018 and 2019 women’s world blitz champion Kateryna Lagno of Russia heads thewomen’s line-up, with former women’s world champions Alexandra Kosteniuk ofRussia, Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria and Tan Zhongyi of China, and 2018world blitz silver medalist Sarasadat Khademalsharieh of Iran all in action.
The event consists of two 10-player tournaments, one open and one for women.Each player will play each other twice over 18 rounds of blitz matches, wherethe players have three minutes for all moves and a two-second increment afterevery move. All games are to be played on chess24.com and will be broadcastlive with commentary in multiple languages.
The event has the total prize fund of 32,600 USD.
The event is in memory of the first official World Chess Champion, WilhelmSteinitz who was born on May 17, 1836, and became the first undisputed WorldChess Champion in 1886 when he beat Johannes Zukertort of England./.
VNA
