Le Quang Liem consolidates No. 1 position
Early morning of October 18, Vietnam's number 1 chess player Le Quang Liem drew with opponent Sebastian Feller (France, elo 2668) in the third game, continuing to consolidate his number 1 position in the Spice Cup 2011 chess tournament taking place in Texas (USA).
With the round-robin format, each win gets 3 points, a draw 1 point, after three matches Quang Liem got 7 points thanks to two wins and one draw.
In particular, the draw with opponent Sebastian Feller (France, elo 2668) took place in the early morning of October 18 (Vietnam time) in 50 moves and was Liem's longest match since the beginning of the tournament until now.
Le Quang Liem in a draw with Sebastian Feller - Photo: Spice Cup 2011
Thus, after three games, Liem is still temporarily leading with 7 points, second place is player Leinier Dominguez (Cuba) with 5 points, two home players Yury Shulman and Ray Robson both have 4 points in 3rd and 4th place.
Next, German player Georg Meier with two points ranked 5th and finally the French player with only 1 point after a draw ranked last.
According to the draw results, in the fourth match taking place in the early morning of October 19, Liem will meet the home team opponent Ray Robson (elo 2583).
(According to Tuoi Tre)
