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Le Quang Liem holds a draw with “Chess King” Magnus Carlsen

Early this morning (March 23), Le Quang Liem made the world’s No. 1 Super Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen go through emotions of ups and downs after 89 moves with tension like strings in game 13 of the Charity Cup of Super Grandmaster. Champions Chess Tour 2022 online fast chess tournament.

Le Quang Liem holds a draw with Chess King Magnus Carlsen - Photo 1.

Before the final day of the qualifying round, Magnus Carlsen was only 3 points behind Le Quang Liem, equivalent to 1 win, so chess fans predict that “Chess King” will defeat the No. 1 player in Vietnam to take the throne. head. However, Le Quang Liem played so resiliently that Magnus Carlsen had to admit “I’m reasonably satisfied” with what he saw in the qualifying round.

With an additional 5 points (2 draws, 1 win) on the last day of the qualifying round, Quang Liem (32 points/15 games including 9 wins, 5 draws, 1 loss) entered the quarterfinals of the Charity Cup with the top position in the table. , ranked above Magnus Carlsen (29 points/15 games).

Le Quang Liem holds a draw with Chess King Magnus Carlsen - Photo 2.

With this result, Quang Liem will enter the quarterfinals against David Navara himself, who finished the group stage in eighth place. This match will take place on March 24.

Charity Cup takes place from March 20 to March 27, part of the prestigious Champions Chess Tour 2022 system with a total prize money of up to 1.6 million USD.

The tournament brings together 16 players, in order of standard chess Elo coefficients, they are Carlsen (world number 1, elo 2864), Ding Liren (world number 3, elo 2799), Richard Rapport (world number 10, elo 2799). elo 2762), Duda (16 world with elo 2750), Vidit Gujrathi (world number 25, elo 2723), Pentala Harikrishna (26 world, elo 2716), Jorden van Foreest (27 world, elo 2714), Le Quang Liem (elo 2709), David Navara (world No. 37, elo 2700), David Anton (world No. 42, elo 2694), Gawain Jones, Hans Niemann, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Eric Hansen, Ju Wenjun, Lei Tingjie.

Charity Cup takes place in the same format as Airthings Masters, divided into two stages. Stage one (qualifying round), 16 players play in a round-robin round to calculate points, win 3 points, draw 1 point and lose 0 points. Win a game for 750 USD, draw 250 USD and lose no bonus. Players can receive up to 11,250 USD if they win all 15 games in stage 1.

The eight players with the best results after stage 1 will advance to the quarterfinals of the knockout round. The loser in the quarterfinals gets an extra $2,000, the semi-finalist gets $6,000 and the final $15,000.

The champion is awarded $25,000. The prize fund of the prize is 150,000 USD.

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