Liêm reaches rank 17 at UAE

Liêm is now ranked  一 七th at the  二 五th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival. Photo baomoi.com

HÀ NỘI — Top Vietnamese chess player Lê Quang Liêm (elo  二, 七 二 七) beat Fier Alexandr from Brazil (elo  二, 五 六 一) in the sixth set of the  二 五th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival on Monday.

Liêm took white and beat Alexandr after  四 七 moves.

With this victory, Liêm got  四. 五 points after  六 days of competition and was ranked  一 七th.

At present, Liêm is ranked after two players Dubov Daniil of Russia and Korobov Anton of Ukraine. He will meet Salem Saleh of UAE (elo  二, 六 三 六), ranked  三rd on the  七th day of competition.

Young talent Nguyễn Anh Khôi (elo  二, 四 五 四) lost to Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbek (elo  二, 五 三 九) after  三 九 moves.

Khôi was ranked  四 二 with  三. 五 points. His opponent in the next set is Dushyant Sharma ( 二, 二 二 一) of India. — VNS