Vietnam's No.1 chess player Le Quang Liem. Photo by worldchess.com. GM Le Quang Liem so far has been the only Vietnamese selected to carry the 2012 London Olympics torch in Manchester, England, in June. Last year was a successful year for Vietnam’s No.1 chess player. The 21-year-old Liem successfully defended his Aeroflot title in Russia, [...]
Vietnam's chess ace Le Quang Liem (R) will compete at the 2011 World Mind Sports Games in Beijing from December 8-12. Photo by Kha Hoa. Vietnam’s No. 1 chess player Le Quang Liem will fly to China on Monday to compete at the 2011 World Mind Sports Games (WMSG) in Beijing from December 8-12. The [...]
The 28-ranked GM Le Quang Liem (L) will receive US$150,000 from the Vietnam Chess Federation in four years, Photo by VnExpress. The Vietnam Chess Federation (VCF) on Thursday inked four-year sponsorship contracts worth US$200,000 with the country’s two best chess players, Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son. The 20-year-old Liem, ranked 28th in [...]
GM Le Quang Liem (L) has fallen three positions to 28th while GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (R) has jumped 23 spots to 83rd. Photo by NLD. Chess ace GM Le Quang Liem slipped three spots in the World rankings while the country’s second best Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son jumped 23 places, according to FIDE [...]
Le Quang Liem, Susan Polgar and Georg Meier pose for a photo in the seventh round of the SPICE Cup in Texas. Photo by VnExpress. Chess ace Le Quang Liem and Cuban rival Leinier Dominguez Perez are locked in a race for the championship at the SPICE Cup in Texas, US. After a draw in [...]
Vietnam’s chess GM Le Quang Liem. Photo by Chess.com. Vietnam’s top chess player GM Le Quang Liem lost to Cuba’s Leinier Dominguez Perez in the fifth game of the Spice Cup held in Texas on Thursday. The defeat pulled top seeded Liem, ranked 25th in the world, to second place behind the 38th-ranked Perez. In [...]
Le Quang Liem at Tan Son Nhat Airport. Vietnam’s number 1 chess player, Le Quang Liem, will be coached by foreign experts, a government official has announced. Vietnam Chess Federation (VCF) General Secretary, Luong Trong Minh, announced the new plan during a press conference held at Tan Son Nhat Airport, on August 3. The conference [...]
Vietnam’s GM Le Quang Liem (L) arrives at Tan Son Nhat Airport on June 8 after a competition in France from May 25 till June 6. Vietnam’s chess ace, Le Quang Liem, is preparing hard for next month’s Super grandmaster contest in Dortmund, Germany, where he finished second last year. Liem will clash with top [...]
Vietnam’s chess ace Le Quang Liem had to settle for second spot at the 46th Capablanca Chess Memorial in Havana Monday after losing to defending champ Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the final round. Liem was leading the tournament before the final round and would have won the championship if he had managed a [...]
A superb performance at the ongoing 46th Capablanca Chess Memorial in Havana has given Vietnam’s Le Quang Liem the super Grandmaster (GM) title. Before the contest in Cuba, Liem was ranked 49th in the World Chess Federation (FIDE) rankings with an elo of 2687, the lowest among the five leading chess players at the [...]
