Liêm places third at Champions Chess Tour

HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese Grandmaster Lê Quang Liêm finished third in the last tournament of the Champions Chess Tour, the world largest online chess competition organised by the king of chess, Magnus Carlsen.

In the last game on November  二 一, Liêm, the world No  二0, successfully defeated No  一 四 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan  三- 一.

He finished the tournament with  一 一 points. He secured three points each from GM Wesley So of the US, GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland and Mamedyarov. Two other points came from two tie-break losses to Anish Giri of the Netherlands and world No  一 Carlsen of Norway.

The Vietnamese failed to earn a point when facing Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Erigaisi Arjun of India.

Liêm, who finished behind Carlsen who claimed  二0 points and So with  一 三, received a US$ 二 七, 五00 bonus.

After nine tournaments of the Champions Chess Tour, the former world blitz chess champion stood at fourth overall and pocketed $ 一 二 三,000.

The top three were Carlsen, Duda and Praggnanandhaa, respectively.

Liêm, who is living and working in the US, will return to Việt Nam to compete in the National Sport Games in December in Quảng Ninh. VNS