Le Quang Liem ranked 3rd overall in the chess tournament in the US

In the final round of the blitz chess competition on the morning of November 19 (Vietnam time), Le Quang Liem played impressively. In 9 decisive blitz chess matches, Vietnamese players had 5 wins, 3 draws and lost only one game.

Le Quang Liem's losing game was against grandmaster Sevian Samuel (American). With 6.5 points, Quang Liem is also the player with the best performance in the second blitz chess event. Combined with the record of 4 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses in the first match, Quang Liem won 11 points in the blitz chess content.

The total results of the two fast and lightning chess events, Le Quang Liem scored 20 points and finished in 3rd place overall. The number one player in Vietnam tied for third place with Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) with both 20 points.

Finishing in first and second place at the Saint Louis 2023 Rapid and Lightning Chess Tournament were Caruana Fabiano (USA, 21.5 points) and Maxime Vachier Lagrave (France, 20.5 points).

After this solution, 6 of the 10 players participating in the St Louis tournament will return to the US to continue playing the standard Sinquefield Cup, however Quang Liem did not comment.