Quang Liem draws with French rival at Gibraltar Masters
VOV.VN - Vietnam grandmaster Le Quang Liem added 0.5 to his overall points tally following a draw against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, his opponent from France.
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The draw took place during the eighth match of the ongoing Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2019.
Quang Liem, Elo rating 2714, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Elo rating 2780, both used a defensive strategy throughout the tie to protect their results from the previous seven matches. The match resulted in a draw after 37 moves.
After eight rounds played in the tournament, with a record of four wins and four draws, the HCM City-born Liem currently has 6 points. For now he is ranked in the second group along with 11 other chess players, including Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura, Elo rating 2749, and Levon Aronian, Elo rating 2767.
The leading group contains three players including Vladislav Artemiev, Elo rating 2709, David Navara, Elo rating 2738, and Kirill Alekseenko, Elo rating 2637. Each player is on 6.5 points.
Quang Liem will next face off against Chinese rival Yu Yangyi, Elo rating 2764, in the ninth round match