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