Aeroflot Chess Tournament: Quang Liem shares points with Azerbaijani player
Last night, the Aeroflot 2013 chess tournament continued with games 3 and 4 and after winning games, Le Quang Liem had his first draw.
The opponent who forced Quang Liem to share points in the 4th game was Azerbaijani player Gadir Guseinov (elo coefficient 2623).
Quang Liem (right) is in the leading group in the rapid chess category. Photo: Vietnamchess
In this game, Le Quang Liem had to hold the black pieces. After 28 moves, the two players signed the minutes and agreed to share points. Previously, in the third game, Quang Liem defeated Andrei Deviatkin (elo 2549) after 24 moves. This was also the third player from the host country to accept defeat against Quang Liem.
Thus, after 4 rapid chess matches, Quang Liem has 3.5 points and is temporarily leading the overall rankings with 13 other players.
In today's competition, February 13, the rapid chess event will take place in 4 consecutive rounds from round 5 to round 9. In the 5th round, Quang Liem's opponent is Pavel Ponkratov (Russia, elo 2,608). This player also has 3.5 points like Quang Liem.
Quang Liem is the 8th seed of Aeroflot 2013 with an elo coefficient of 2686.
According to Thethaovanhoa - DT
