Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem has been unstoppable so far at Aeroflot. In round 1, he defeated GM Ragger, Markus AUT 2568. In round 2, he defeated GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2713. Chinese GM Bu is his latest victim in round 3.
Le Quang Liem (2647) – Bu Xiangzhi (2673) [A33]
Aeroflot Internet Chess Club (3), 11.02.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.e4 0–0 8.Nf3 b6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0–0 Rc8 11.Bf4 Na5 12.Nd2 d5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Ncxe4 dxe4 16.b4 Bg5 17.Bxg5 Qxg5 18.h4 Qxh4 19.bxa5 Rc6 20.Nxe4 Rh6 21.f3 Bxe4 22.fxe4 Rd8 23.Qb3 Qh2+ 24.Kf2 Qxe5 25.Rad1 Re8 26.axb6 Qxe4 27.Kg1 Qe7 28.Rxf7 Qc5+ 29.Rf2+ Kh8 30.Qb5 Qe3 31.Rd3 White wins 1–0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Liem of Viet will pass 2700 soon. he plays part time because of school. no money for chess in Viet like rich Euro players with sponsors.
Not only that, but Nguyen might be the clear second with 2.5/3. Looks like Vietnam is really stepping it up!
Yes, who would have imagined an all-Vietnam battle on Board 1 in Round 4 of the Aeroflot Open?
And speaking of Asians, Hou Yifan lost *again*. She lost four in a row at the Moscow Open. She needs to quit playing in the weaker women’s events and play only in these strong opens if she wants to reach her potential.
No money ?
If i’m not mistaken, Liem has hired Evgeny Bareev as a trainer.
Bareev is certainly not working for peanuts…
Liem is a musician with his pieces. Am really enjoying his playing – Bacrot must have been very surprised at how things turned out yesterday.
where’s the phillipines?
First tim they showed their talents in dresden 2008, didn’t they?
okay
Totally agreed, considering probably 99% of the population are playing Chinese Chess. This is so cool.
Go Lie^m.