Chess: Quang Liem defeated the number 1 opponent of Chinese origin

Le Quang Liem just had an important victory over third seed Zhang Zhong in the 2015 World Chess Cup qualifying round.

With this victory, Le Quang Liem (right) rose to the top of the rankings and maintained his unbeaten record.

Before the 5th match in the qualifying round of the 2015 World Chess Championship, Region 3.3, both Le Quang Liem (number 1 seed) and Zhang Zhong (elo 2614, number 3 seed of the tournament, naturalized to play for the Singapore chess team for 3 years now) had 3 wins and 1 draw.

Along with Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Le Quang Liem and Zhang Zhong are the top 3 candidates for 2 spots in the 2015 World Chess Cup. Therefore, the match that took place on the morning of March 11 between Quang Liem and Zhang Zhong is considered the early "final" match of the tournament.

Zhang Zhong is a Chinese-born chess player who plays for the Singaporean national team. This grandmaster has won the Asian Championship and twice won the World Youth Chess Championship.

In this 5th game, Zhang Zhong had a big advantage when holding the white pieces (going first). The Chinese player caused a lot of trouble for Le Quang Liem. However, with his current good form, Le Quang Liem (number 1 seed of the tournament, elo 2676) excellently won against Zhang Zhong after 72 moves. With this victory, Le Quang Liem rose to the top of the rankings with 4.5 points and maintained his unbeaten record.

On the morning of March 11, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son also had an important victory against Le Tuan Minh to stay close to his teammate Le Quang Liem on the rankings. In the upcoming 6th match, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son will compete with Le Quang Liem himself.

Pham Le Thao Nguyen

In the women's category, Pham Le Thao Nguyen was held to a draw by Munguntuul, but the Vietnamese player still leads the rankings with 4.5 points.

According to khampha.vn