Le Quang Liem of Viet Nam is joint leading the ongoing Gibraltar International Chess Festival in the UK.

Le Quang Liem competes in the second round match. — Photo https://www.gibchess.com

The Vietnamese No 1 Grandmaster defeated GM Adrien Demuth of France in their second round match on Tuesday.

Liêm, one of 14 GMs with an Elo rating above 2,700 at the tournament, has two points and shares the lead with 33 others in the Masters category.

He will next play GM Suri Vaibhav of India. --VNS