Liêm drops one place to No 34 in world ranking

Top Vietnamese chess player Lê Quang Liêm. — Photo vcmedia.vn

HÀ NỘI — Top Vietnamese chess player Lê Quang Liêm has dropped one place to world No  三0 in the FIDE (World Chess Federation) January ranking.

The HCM City-born player didn’t compete in the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships that took place in Doha, Qatar last month because he was busy studying in the US.

However, Liêm’s Elo skill ranking of  二, 七 一 八 remains unchanged .

Another Vietnamese representative, Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn, rose one step to world No  一 五 六 with an Elo rating of  二, 六 二 九.

The  二 五-year-old Liêm was the  二0 一 三 world blitz chess champion. He was the  U 一 四 world youth chess champion in  二00 五. He competed for Việt Nam at the Chess Olympiads in  二00 六,  二00 八,  二0 一0,  二0 一 二,  二0 一 四 and  二0 一 六. — VNS