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Le Quang Liem ranks seventh at Gibraltar Masters

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Grandmaster (GM) Le Quang Liem ranked seventh at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018, which concluded in England early February 2.

Le Quang Liem wins ninth match at Chess Festival

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem won the ninth match at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 in England on January 31.

Le Quang Liem achieves Vietnam’s gold target at AIMAG

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Quang Liem grabbed the eighth gold medal for Viet Nam at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Turkmenistan yesterday.

Quang Liem impresses but comes up short at St Louis GCT

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem, impressed but failed to win when it counted at the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament, the newest stop on the 2017 Grand Chess Tour, featuring total prize money of US$150,000.

Liem beats Garry Kasparov in US chess tourney

Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem beat legendary chess player Garry Kasparov in the blitz category in the ongoing St Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament in the US on Thursday.

Le Quang Liem second in China chess tournament

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Quang Liem ranks second in the Danzhou Super Grandmaster Tournament in China after his seventh match yesterday.

Chess grandmaster graduates from American university, promises to contribute to VN

Le Quang Liem wrote on Facebook that in the future, no matter where he lives and works, he will always be a Vietnamese and will contribute to the country’s development.

Le Quang Liem defeats Andyka Pitra in HD chess tournament

Viet Nam’s top chess player, Le Quang Liem, defeated Andyka Pitra of Indonesia in HCM City on Sunday during the first round of the masters category of the seventh HDBank Cup International Open Chess tournament 2017. 

VN's top chess player drops one place to No 34 in world ranking

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has dropped one place to world No 30 in the FIDE (World Chess Federation) January ranking.

Vietnam's top chess player near winning Asian chess championship

 Vietnamese Grandmaster (GM) Le Quang Liem is close to winning the men’s title of the ongoing  Asian Individual Chess Championship in Uzbekistan.

Le Quang Liem top seed at Asian Chess Championship

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem has been chosen as No 1 seed at the Asian Individual Chess Championship (Men and Women) 2016 in Uzbekistan on May 25.

Quang Liem leads Vietnam to silver at Asian Nations Chess Cup

 The Vietnamese men’s team, with the presence of top player Le Quang Liem, raked in the silver medal in the rapid chess event of the 2016 Asian Nations Chess Cup, which is underway in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.

Quang Liem wins Final Four of College Chess with Webster University

 Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem performed brilliantly as captain, leading the Webster University team to overall victory at the 2016 Final Four of College Chess that took place in New York on April 2-3. 

Vietnamese top chess players to compete at int'l HDBank Cup

 Vietnamese top grandmasters are expected to face a tough challenge with contenders around the world during the sixth HDBank Cup International Open Chess Championship 2016 to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from March 8-13.

Vietnam's top chess player sinks four places in world rankings

 Le Quang Liem has dropped four places to No 37 among active players in the latest world men’s rankings announced by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

Le Quang Liem aims to rank in the world's top 25

Vietnamese chess Grandmaster Le Quang Liem is aiming to break into the world's top 25 this year.

Vien, Liem win VN sport award

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nineteen-year-old swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has earned the Victory Cup, the first ever national sport ‘Oscar' award, as voted by fans and sports journalists and experts from around Viet Nam.

Vietnam's top chessman at 32 in year-end rankings

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top chess ace Le Quang Liem finished his 2015 season 32nd in the world rankings.

Liem climbs to 33rd in world rankings

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chess Grandmaster Le Quang Liem ranked 33rd in November world men’s rankings, announced the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

Le Quang Liem takes lead at SPICE Cup Open

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem temporarily took the lead yesterday (Oct 22) at the annual SPICE Cup Open in the highest rated international invitational tournament in the US.