Competing in a strange event, Quang Liem lost ground at the World Intelligence Congress

Vietnam's number one chess player scored 1.5 points in 10 Basque games, ranked last in the group of 12 Grandmasters participating, leaving the tournament with a bronze medal.

Seemingly unfamiliar with the strange content of the World Mind Sports Games, Le Quang Liem only had one win and one draw, while losing the remaining eight games. In this event, the two players met on two chessboards, with two different colors of pieces.

The 26-year-old's only win came in the white game against Vassily Ivanchuk, although he lost in the black game to the current world rapid chess champion. Quang Liem also drew with China's number one Ding Liren with the white pieces, but lost in the other game. Russian grandmaster Alexander Grischuk won the championship with 6.5 points, equal to Anton Korobov (Ukraine) but with a better tiebreaker score. The bronze medal went to Indian player Pentala Harikrishna.

Despite his success in Basque chess, Quang Liem still left the Congress with a bronze medal in rapid chess.

Because the Basque chess content does not count Elo, Quang Liem's ​​ranking remains unchanged. The only representative of Vietnam finished the Games with the highest score in rapid chess, although he only received a bronze medal due to losing the secondary index. Quang Liem's ​​rapid chess Elo is currently 2,772, ranking 14th in the world.

In blitz chess, the Ho Chi Minh City player is ranked 24th in the world with 2,748 Elo points. This is an important practice tournament for Quang Liem to enter the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from December 26 to December 30.

At the end of the men's chess tournament at the Games, Russia dominated with three gold, one silver and one bronze medal. Ukraine and Azerbaijan came in second with one silver, while India and Vietnam shared third place with one bronze. Host China sent three top players, Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi and Wang Hao, but came away empty-handed.

According to VNE