Le Quang Liem Age 33


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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2739.0
Live Rank
#16
FIDE Rating
2739
World Rank
#15
Vietnam Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2741 - Aug 2024 (Age 33)
FIDE Peak Rank
#14 (2741) - Sep 2024 (Age 33)
Rapid
2657 World #41, Peak 2771 (Oct 2014)
Blitz
2705 World #23, Peak 2843 (Aug 2013)
Born
13 Mar 1991
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
FIDE ID 12401137
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Active Years:
2002 - 2024
Total Games:
2043
Wins:
946 (46%)
Losses:
361 (18%)
Draws:
736 (36%)
Total score:
64%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2745
White:
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (33 games)
D45 Semi-Slav Defense (29 games)
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (26 games)
Black:
B31 Sicilian Defense (29 games)
B90 Sicilian Defense (26 games)
C65 Ruy Lopez (20 games)

Few people remember that the best chess player in Vietnam's history belongs to the same generation as Carlsen, Nepo, Karjakin, MVL and several other brilliant players. Unlike them, Le Quang Liem never seriously competed for the World Championship, though he has had a brilliant career and even held the title of World Champion – albeit in blitz!

Le was born on March 13, 1991 in Ho Chi Minh City and was introduced to chess at a very young age. In 2003 he played in the Asian Youth Championship for the first time and immediately won the Under-12 section. A year later he triumphed in the Under-14 tournament and narrowly missed out on the gold in the Under-16 category, losing in a tie-break. In 2005 Liem won the World Youth Championship, competing against the future elite of modern chess. By 2008 he had become the Vietnamese champion.

The turning point for Le Quang Liem came in 2010. He first won major tournaments like the Moscow Open (7/9) and Aeroflot Open (7/9), received an invitation to Dortmund, where he placed second behind Kramnik (5.5/10) and then shared victory in Manila (7/9). A year later he repeated this unique "cycle": another victory at Aeroflot Open (6.5/9), success in Havana (6.5/10) where he shared the win with Ivanchuk, and a second appearance in Dortmund. By mid-2011, his rating had surpassed 2700 for the first time, placing the 20-year-old Vietnamese player at 27th in the world rankings and 1st among juniors.

At the end of 2012 he finished second in the SPICE Cup (5/9), after which he immersed himself in studies at Webster University (finance, management). Over the next four years Le Quang Liem rarely competed, but in 2013, within just a week, he won the Asian Blitz Championship (8.5/9), placed fourth in the World Rapid Championship (10/15) and claimed victory in blitz (20.5/30)! In this marathon the Vietnamese proved slightly more resilient than Grischuk and Ponomariov. A year later he confirmed his blitz prowess by finishing fourth (14/21), just one point behind Carlsen.

Starting in 2017 Le Quang Liem returned to active play and delivered a series of strong performances. Even in tournaments featuring the world's top players, he consistently finished "in the black," maintaining a rating of 2720+ and a place in the top 30. In 2019 he became the Asian Champion, won the St. Louis Summer Classic and the World Open in Philadelphia (his collection of major open tournament victories lacks only the NY Open). One area where he struggled was in the World Cups where he has never advanced beyond the Round of 16, being eliminated by Svidler (2013) and Aronian (2019).

In 2021 Le Quang Liem took over as head of the chess department at Webster University, succeeding Susan Polgar. Since then, he has played frequently and successfully online, especially in the Champions Chess Tour, where he regularly reaches the final stages of tournaments. Offline, he only participates in the "triathlon" in Biel, where he has won three years in a row (2022-2024).


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Games

#White PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
1Le, Quang Liem2741Anton Guijarro, David26650-139Budapest21 Sep 2024
2Vitiugov, Nikita2676Le, Quang Liem27411/2-1/260Budapest20 Sep 2024
3Le, Quang Liem2741Carlsen, Magnus28320-145Budapest19 Sep 2024
4Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Le, Quang Liem27411/2-1/242Budapest18 Sep 2024
5Ding, Liren2736Le, Quang Liem27410-162Budapest16 Sep 2024
6Le, Quang Liem2741Duda, Jan Krzysztof27321/2-1/248Budapest15 Sep 2024
7Le, Quang Liem2741Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27661/2-1/263Budapest14 Sep 2024
8Makhnev, Denis2551Le, Quang Liem27410-143Budapest13 Sep 2024
9Le, Quang Liem2741Mohammad Fahad, Rahman24191-034Budapest12 Sep 2024
10Martirosyan, Haik M2661Le, Quang Liem27311/2-1/238Biel25 Jul 2024
11Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2757Le, Quang Liem27310-165Biel24 Jul 2024
12Le, Quang Liem2731Mishra, Abhimanyu26041/2-1/253Biel23 Jul 2024
13Le, Quang Liem2731Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27571/2-1/239Biel21 Jul 2024
14Shankland, Samuel L2683Le, Quang Liem27311/2-1/237Biel21 Jul 2024
15Mishra, Abhimanyu2604Le, Quang Liem27310-143Biel21 Jul 2024
16Le, Quang Liem2731Keymer, Vincent27211-033Biel21 Jul 2024
17Martirosyan, Haik M2661Le, Quang Liem27311/2-1/253Biel21 Jul 2024
18Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2757Le, Quang Liem27311-0113Biel21 Jul 2024
19Le, Quang Liem2731Shankland, Samuel L26831-073Biel21 Jul 2024
20Le, Quang Liem2731Mishra, Abhimanyu26041/2-1/247Biel21 Jul 2024
21Keymer, Vincent2721Le, Quang Liem27310-147Biel21 Jul 2024
22Le, Quang Liem2731Martirosyan, Haik M26611/2-1/257Biel21 Jul 2024
23Le, Quang Liem2731Martirosyan, Haik M26611/2-1/281Biel20 Jul 2024
24Shankland, Samuel L2683Le, Quang Liem27310-170Biel19 Jul 2024
25Mishra, Abhimanyu2604Le, Quang Liem27311/2-1/222Biel18 Jul 2024
26Le, Quang Liem2731Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27571/2-1/234Biel17 Jul 2024
27Keymer, Vincent2721Le, Quang Liem27310-168Biel16 Jul 2024
28Martirosyan, Haik M2661Le, Quang Liem27311/2-1/268Biel14 Jul 2024
29Le, Quang Liem2731Shankland, Samuel L26831-053Biel14 Jul 2024
30Le, Quang Liem2731Mishra, Abhimanyu26041/2-1/254Biel14 Jul 2024
31Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2757Le, Quang Liem27311/2-1/237Biel14 Jul 2024
32Le, Quang Liem2731Keymer, Vincent27210-139Biel14 Jul 2024
33Le, Quang Liem2731Raja, Harshit24581-047Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
34Sevian, Samuel2697Le, Quang Liem27311-038Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
35Le, Quang Liem2731Gledura, Benjamin26161/2-1/268Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
36Quesada Perez, Yuniesky2591Le, Quang Liem27311/2-1/252Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
37Le, Quang Liem2731Hong, Andrew Z25421-048Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
38Quesada Perez, Yasser2584Le, Quang Liem27311/2-1/257Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
39Le, Quang Liem2731Tokhirjonova, Gulruhbegim23651-052Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
40Le, Quang Liem2731Robson, Ray26961-043Saint Louis18 Nov 2023
41Giri, Anish2752Le, Quang Liem27311/2-1/252Saint Louis18 Nov 2023
42Le, Quang Liem2731Firouzja, Alireza27771-082Saint Louis18 Nov 2023
43Nepomniachtchi, Ian2771Le, Quang Liem27311/2-1/242Saint Louis18 Nov 2023
44Xiong, Jeffery2681Le, Quang Liem27310-165Saint Louis18 Nov 2023
45Le, Quang Liem2731Caruana, Fabiano27951-042Saint Louis18 Nov 2023
46Sevian, Samuel2696Le, Quang Liem27311-039Saint Louis18 Nov 2023
47Le, Quang Liem2731So, Wesley27521/2-1/267Saint Louis18 Nov 2023
48So, Wesley2760Le, Quang Liem26651/2-1/267Saint Louis18 Nov 2023
49Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2734Le, Quang Liem27310-145Saint Louis18 Nov 2023
50Robson, Ray2696Le, Quang Liem27311/2-1/292Saint Louis17 Nov 2023