Grandmaster Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son lost his 1st round battle to Adhiban Baskaran of India at the FIDE World Chess Cup 2017 today (September 6) in Tbilisi, Georgia.



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Vietnam grandmaster Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son



After two tie-break matches in 25-minute rapid chess, Truong Son (Elo 2.629) only managed to draw even with Adhiban Baskaran (Elo 2.670). 

Due to mistakes in 10-minute rapid chess Son came up short failing to advance to the 2nd round. 

Meanwhile, Le Quang Liem is set tocompete in the 2nd round this evening in a match against Santosh Gujrathi of India.

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