Surprised Tuan Minh defeated Quang Liem to win SEA Games gold: Losing Good is losing everything

(Sports news, SEA Games news) It seems that Le Quang Liem did not reach the best performance score in SEA Games 31.

Before returning to Vietnam to attend SEA Games 31Vietnam’s No. 1 player excelled at the Oslo Esports event that ended at the end of April. In this tournament, Le Quang Liem defeated the “Chess King” Magnus Carlsen, he won the runner-up and took the prize money. $32,500.

Quang Liem (right) lost to Tuan Minh (left) because he lost 2 Pawns at the end of game 2

It seems that Quang Liem’s ​​performance drop was achieved in that tournament, returning to attend the SEA Games to face lower-level opponents, Liem did not show his original form.

The 32-year-old general, Quang Liem, who is currently ranked 32 in the world, soon lost in the individual standard chess content. He corrected the mistake with the men’s fast chess gold medal (with Tran Tuan Minh won the gold medal), but only lost to Tuan Minh himself in the men’s individual blitz chess final.

Quang Liem (Elo 2709, ranked 32 in the world) is considered to be sure of winning when facing junior Tuan Minh (Elo 2533, ranked 479 in the world), but the final match of blitz chess on the afternoon of May 20 did not show any difference. level difference.

In the first game, Tuan Minh held the black piece and drew with Quang Liem. In the second game with a white piece, the 26-year-old player caught two pawns at the end of the game and won after 48 moves. Winning with a score of 1.5-0.5, Tuan Minh suddenly surpassed superstar Quang Liem to win the SEA Games Blitz Chess gold medal for the first time.

Up to now, Vietnamese chess has won 5 gold medals, topping the sport rankings, Indonesia ranked second with 2 gold medals, Philippines ranked third with 2 silver medals.