Liêm ranks 27th at Isle of Man International Chess

Vietnamese Grandmaster Lê Quang Liêm. — Photo zing.vn

HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese Grandmaster Lê Quang Liêm now ranks  二 七th of  一 五0 players at the ongoing Isle of Man International Chess Tournament in the UK.

Liêm, Elo  二, 七 一 五, beat International Master Ilja Schneider of Germany in the eighth round.

After eight rounds, the HCM City-born player Liêm has five points. He will meet Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa of India in the last round.

At present, Radosław Wojtaszek of Poland leads with  六. 五 points, followed by Arkadij Naiditsch of Azerbaijan and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France.

The Isle of Man tournament features  二0 players, including some of the top grandmasters in the world. — VNS