Le Quang Liem won Spice Cup 2011
In the final game played early this morning with Cuban player Leinier Dominguez, Le Quang Liem won the decisive victory and officially became the champion of Spice Cup 2011.
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Le Quang Liem received the championship cup. |
Before this game, Le Quang Liem's situation was under threat. At the top, Dominguez maintained a one-point gap. At the bottom, German player Goerg Meier played successfully in the final games and managed to equal 14 points with Le Quang Liem and even had a slight advantage in the extra coefficient.
In this situation, only a victory over Dominguez can help Le Quang Liem confirm his position. The Cuban player is a fateful opponent of Le Quang Liem. He lost to Liem in the Casablanca tournament held in his home country of Cuba - where Dominguez had never known defeat before - and won against the Vietnamese player in game 5 when holding the white pieces.
In the 10th game, in the return match, it was Le Quang Liem's turn to take the opening. While Quang Liem took the initiative to attack with certain moves, Dominguez appeared quite confused. The pressure in this decisive game greatly affected the Cuban player's thinking ability. Here, he made a wrong move, thanks to which Le Quang Liem successfully took advantage to push Domninguez into a losing position.
The victory brought Le Quang Liem 3 points, helping him jump to the top of the tournament with 17 points after 10 games. Losing, Dominguez was lucky to stop at the runner-up position when the young German player Georg Meier was held to a draw in the final game by his French opponent Sebastien Feller. This draw caused Meier to lose the chance to rise to second place. With the same 15 points as Dominguez, the German player ranked third due to a lower coefficient.
Overall ranking: 1- Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) 17 points, 2- Leinier Dominguez (Cuba), 15 points, 3- Georg Meier (Germany) 15 points, 4- Ray Robson (USA) 11 points, 5- Sebastien Feller (France) 9 points, 6- Yuri Shulman (USA) 7 points.
(According to VnExpress)