Liêm reaches highest world position at 20

Grandmaster Liêm ranks  二0th in the world for the first time in his career, the highest position of a Vietnamese chess master so far. — Photo hanoimoi.com.vn

HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese Grandmaster Lê Quang Liêm has entered the world top  二0 for the first time in his career in this week’s ranking.

Liêm’s seventh finish at the recent prestigious Tradewide Gibraltar event which gathered world’s  二0 strongest masters gave him enough points to take his highest position of  二0 with Elo  二, 七 三 五 points.

It is also the first time Việt Nam has a competitor in this leading group.

The former world blitz chess champion will next play in the Aeroflot Open, which he has won twice earlier, in Russia this month and the annual HD Bank Cup in Hà Nội next month. — VNS