Le Quang Liem won the second place at the Oslo Esports Cup chess tournament

In the final match at the Oslo Esports Cup 2022, which took place early this morning (April 29), Vietnam’s No. 1 player Le Quang Liem had a suffocating victory when he had to use a tie-break series to defeat the No. 2 Dutch – Jorden Van Forest.

In the first game, Le Quang Liem made good use of the advantage of holding the white army ahead to deploy a reasonable strategy, gradually taking advantage of Van Forest. After 66 moves, the Vietnamese player was able to subdue his Dutch opponent.

Jorden Van Forestest proved the bravery of the 26th-ranked player in the world when he made many bold moves to quickly defeat Quang Liem in the second game after only 37 moves.

Both Le Quang Liem and Van Forestest Jorden had opportunities in games 3 and 4 but failed to take advantage of them, so they accepted to divide the score 2-2 after 4 quick games. Therefore, winning and losing must be determined by tie-break of blitz chess.

In the first game of chess, Le Quang Liem let his opponent hold a draw. However, in game 2, the number 1 player in Vietnam defeated the Dutch player after only 25 countries. In which, international experts praised Quang Liem’s ​​bold move when he was ready to sacrifice the Queen to attack the opponent’s King, surprising Van Forest Jorden and losing early.

While “Chess King” Magnus Carlsen and “Indian prodigy” Praggnanandhaa both lost in the last match, Vietnamese players have a chance to rise to the championship. However, he could not beat the opponent after 4 quick games of chess, thereby losing the unfortunate championship to the World Cup champion – Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who had lost to Quang Liem 2 days earlier.

Although it is a bit regretful, in general, the Vietnamese Super Grandmaster had an excellent tournament when he defeated Chess King Carlsen, World Cup champion – Krzysztof Duda and even the world’s 8th ranked player Anish Giri. With 13 points won, Quang Liem won the runner-up and collected USD 32,500 in prize money, while Duda was right 1 point ahead of Liem and won the championship trophy with a reward of USD 210,000.

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