Liêm wins ninth match at Chess Festival
Vietnamese Grandmaster Lê Quang Liêm. — Photo baogialai.com.vn
HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese Grandmaster Lê Quang Liêm won the ninth match at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 二0 一 八 in England on January 三 一.
The former world blitz chess champion, Liêm, defeated Andrey Esipenko of Russia after 六 四 moves.
With the advantage of holding the white pawn, the HCM City-born player controlled the game.
Earlier in the eighth match, Liêm had an important win against Dvirnyy Danyyil of Italy.
With four wins and five draws, Liêm has gained 六. 五 points to rank 一 七th out of 一 五0 participants.
Nakamura Hikaru of the United States, Vachier-Lagrave Maxime of France and Rapport Richard of Hungary are leading the event with the same point of seven.
The No 六 seed, Liêm, will meet Dubov Daniil of Russia in the last match. — VNS