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Quang Liem up in world chess rankings

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s international chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem has been awarded 10 points to his Elo ratings following his outstanding performance at recent international competitions.

Liem defeated at Chess World Cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – Grandmaster Le Quang Liem was narrowly beaten by the Chess World Cup defending champion Peter Svidler in their tie-break games on August 23.

GM Liem again draws with Svidler in Chess World Cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – Grand Master Le Quang Liem successfully held Chess World Cup defending champion Peter Svidler to a draw in their return leg match of the fourth round on August 21.

GM Liem draws with Chess World Cup defending champion

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese player Le Quang Liem’s excellent performance held the Chess World Cup defending champion, Peter Svidler from Russia, to a draw in the first leg match of the tournament’s fourth round on August 20.

GM Liem cruises to Chess World Cup 4th round

VietNamNet Bridge – Grandmaster Le Quang Liem successfully thrashed his much stronger opponent World No.4 Alexander Grischuk 1.5-0.5 in their tiebreak of two rapid matches on August 19 to enter the Chess World Cup 4th round.

GM Liem to play tiebreak against Russian rival

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chess Grand Master Le Quang Liem could not maintain his advantage of winning the first leg of the Chess World Cup’s third round against Russia’s Alexander Grischuk and was defeated by his opponent in the return leg on August 18.

Liem to compete in tiebreak at Chess World Cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – Grandmaster Le Quang Liem continued to draw with Vallejo Pons (Spain) in the second round of the 2013 Chess World Cup in Norway on August 15.

GM Liem qualifies for 2013 Chess World Cup

VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese player Le Quang Liem has secured a place at the Chess World Cup in Norway scheduled for this August after finishing fourth at the Asian Continental Chess Championship in the Philippines on May 26.

An, Son steal tickets to worlds

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese representatives Nguyen Thi Thanh An and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son pocketed tickets to the Chess World Cup next year in Norway at the Asian 3.3 Zonal Chess Championship,