Quang Liem - Truong Son made China regret again in the blitz chess final

Both players won the men's blitz chess team final, winning the 13th gold medal for Vietnam at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

Even though there was a time when he had less than a minute to think, while his opponent had double the time, Le Quang Liem (Elo blitz chess 2,762) still excellently defeated Wang Yue (2,683) with the advantage of holding white.

For the third time, China was defeated by Vietnamese players. Screenshot.

This is the third gold medal for the Ho Chi Minh City player, as well as the chess team. With this, Quang Liem became the most successful athlete of Vietnam at the Games, surpassing “Little Mermaid” Nguyen Thi Anh Vien in swimming (two golds, one silver).

Because Quang Liem won the first game, the result of the second game between Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (2,654) and Yu Yangyi (2,680) did not mean much. But the player from Kien Giang still surprisingly won, despite holding the black pieces, helping Vietnam convincingly defeat the world chess powerhouse 2-0.

In the semi-finals, Truong Son also forced Ganguly Surya Shekhar (India) to surrender, helping Vietnam overcome the country of chess king Viswanathan Anand 1.5-0.5.

The most successful chess at AIMAG 5 was thanks to the excellence of Quang Liem and Truong Son. Photo: Doan Binh.

Vietnam's three chess gold medals all came from men's events (individual standard, team rapid and team blitz). Meanwhile, China had to settle for second place.

In the women's blitz chess team final, Pham Le Thao Nguyen and Hoang Thi Bao Tram lost 0-2 to Tan Zhongyi - Lei Tingjie of China and received a silver medal. The Vietnamese chess team finished AIMAG 5 with three gold, one silver and two bronze medals, ranking second after China (five gold, six silver) in 10 events.

Chess was also the final event of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Vietnam left the games in ninth place, with 13 gold, eight silver and 19 bronze medals.

According to VNE