GM Liem absent from Asian Chess Champs
(VOV) -Chess Grandmaster Le Quang Liem will not join the Vietnamese team to attend the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Zone 3-Asian Chess Championships in Tagaytay, the Philippines from January 21-30.
Instead he will participate in the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in the UK from January 22-31.
The Vietnamese team, still includes of many prominent players, including two GMs Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Dao Thien Hai, two International Masters Nguyen Van Huy and Nguyen Duc Hoa, and three female GMs Pham Le Thao Nguyen, Hoang Bao Tram and Nguyen Thi Mai Hung.
They will compete in nine rounds according to the Swiss System for a total cash prize of US$5,000. The male winner will get US$1,000 and the female US$500.
The championships will serve as a qualifying round to select two best male and one top female players to take part in the World Cup in Tromso, Norway from August 10-September 5.