Education of chess player Le Quang Liem
April 24th, Chess player Le Quang Liem defeated the man who was hailed as “World Chess King” for the first time. – chess player Magnus Carlsen shocked the whole world. Immediately, the information about the player born in 1991 received a lot of attention from netizens.
It is known that from an early age, he was a famous chess player in Vietnam. At the age of 10, Le Quang Liem started his international chess career, and only 5 years later he was recognized with the title of “grandmaster”.
Portrait of Le Quang Liem – a chess player who received a lot of attention in the morning 24/4
During college, he used to study at Saigon University. Until the age of 21, after receiving the World Blitz Championship, Le Quang Liem received a full scholarship from Webster University (USA).
During the first period of being an international student, Le Quang Liem also faced many difficulties to get used to the new environment.
“The volume of homework to submit is so much that students have to self-study and regularly update their knowledge and latest trends related to their major. Self-study time is doubled, tripled the time spent in class listening to the professor’s instructions.chess players share
During the years of studying abroad, besides cultivating specialized knowledge, Le Quang Liem still maintained his passion for chess and participating in international competitions. In fact, even though he was the captain of the school’s chess team, he still didn’t receive the privilege of still having to complete assignments and attend all exams. He once confided that if he did not know how to allocate time properly, it would not be easy to study two majors and compete in chess.
With a very heavy amount of knowledge, Le Quang Liem still diligently participates in the school’s extracurricular activities. He is the Chairman of the Finance and Investment Club of Webster University, has attended many financial conferences in the US.
After 4 years of study, Le Quang Liem graduated with distinction with two bachelor’s degrees in science, finance and art and management from Webster University. In addition, Le Quang Liem also holds honorary degrees from the Faculty of Management and the Faculty of Business. During the graduation ceremony, Quang Liem was honored to represent Vietnamese students in procession of the Vietnamese national flag to the podium.
Le Quang Liem graduated with 2 excellent degrees
After graduating from university, the guy stayed in the US and enrolled in courses in financial management. It is known that in May 2021, he accepted to be the head coach of the Webster University chess team – considered the strongest chess team in the US among universities.
Le Quang Liem was born on March 13, 1991. He reached the highest Elo index of 2739, the highest ranking ever achieved was 21 in the world.
Some notable achievements of Quang Liem:
– Vietnam’s highest ranked chess player since 2008
– Top 40 chess players in the world since 2011
– 2013 World Blitz Chess Champion
– Win the Asian Continental Championship 2019
– Win the World Open Championship 2019
– Winner of Association of Chess Professional Tour 2019
– In the list of 30 under 30 in 2015 of Forbes Vietnam.
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