Le Quang LiemAge 34


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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2729.0
Live Rank
#22
FIDE Rating
2729
World Rank
#22
Vietnam Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2741 - Aug 2024 (Age 33)
FIDE Peak Rank
#14 (2741) - Sep 2024 (Age 33)
Rapid
2655 World #40, Peak 2771 (Oct 2014)
Blitz
2675 World #40, Peak 2843 (Aug 2013)
Born
13 Mar 1991
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
FIDE ID 12401137
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Active Years:
2002 - 2025
Total Games:
2105
Wins:
973 (46%)
Losses:
371 (18%)
Draws:
761 (36%)
Total score:
64%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2682
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 (21 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 
1
Le, Quang Liem
2729
Harikrishna, Pentala
27070-131London15 Jun 2025board
2
Rapport, Richard
2714
Le, Quang Liem
27291-042London15 Jun 2025board
3
Esipenko, Andrey
2689
Le, Quang Liem
27291/2-1/238London15 Jun 2025board
4
Harikrishna, Pentala
2707
Le, Quang Liem
27291/2-1/243London15 Jun 2025board
5
Le, Quang Liem
2729
Short, Nigel D
25871-046London15 Jun 2025board
6
Moiseenko, Alexander
2568
Le, Quang Liem
27290-150London15 Jun 2025board
7
Le, Quang Liem
2729
Gledura, Benjamin
26681-038London15 Jun 2025board
8
Short, Nigel D
2587
Le, Quang Liem
27290-124London15 Jun 2025board
9
Le, Quang Liem
2729
Willow, Jonah B
24701/2-1/269London14 Jun 2025board
10
Rendle, Thomas E
2370
Le, Quang Liem
27290-127London14 Jun 2025board
11
Le, Quang Liem
2729
Saric, Ivan
26611-028London14 Jun 2025board
12
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2720
Le, Quang Liem
27290-155London14 Jun 2025board
13
Le, Quang Liem
2729
Bharat Kumar, Balahari
20521-056London14 Jun 2025board
14
Le, Quang Liem
2729
Goh, Jinghan Cameron
21781-037London14 Jun 2025board
15
Dishman, Stephen
2274
Le, Quang Liem
27290-127London14 Jun 2025board
16
Le, Quang Liem
2729
Mhango, Banele
22361-046London14 Jun 2025board
17
Zhu, Pengxiao
1938
Le, Quang Liem
27290-134London14 Jun 2025board
18
Van Foreest, Jorden
2636
Le, Quang Liem
26620-134London14 Jun 2025board
19
Dardha, Daniel
2582
Le, Quang Liem
26450-140London13 Jun 2025board
20
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
2641
Le, Quang Liem
26451/2-1/237London13 Jun 2025board
21
Le, Quang Liem
2645
Giri, Anish
26881/2-1/275London13 Jun 2025board
22
Esipenko, Andrey
2651
Le, Quang Liem
26450-135London12 Jun 2025board
23
Seemann, Jakub
2392
Le, Quang Liem
26450-134London12 Jun 2025board
24
Le, Quang Liem
2645
Svane, Frederik
24761-085London12 Jun 2025board
25
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
2735
Le, Quang Liem
26451-065London11 Jun 2025board
26
Le, Quang Liem
2645
Short, Nigel D
25331/2-1/248London11 Jun 2025board
27
Mhango, Banele
2136
Le, Quang Liem
26450-152London11 Jun 2025board
28
Le, Quang Liem
2739
Wei, Yi
27551/2-1/256Prague7 Mar 2025board
29
Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu
2741
Le, Quang Liem
27391/2-1/236Prague6 Mar 2025board
30
Le, Quang Liem
2739
Shankland, Samuel L
26700-164Prague5 Mar 2025board
31
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR
2729
Le, Quang Liem
27391/2-1/232Prague4 Mar 2025board
32
Le, Quang Liem
2739
Keymer, Vincent
27311/2-1/254Prague2 Mar 2025board
33
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van
2668
Le, Quang Liem
27391/2-1/245Prague1 Mar 2025board
34
Le, Quang Liem
2739
Gurel, Ediz
26241/2-1/237Prague28 Feb 2025board
35
Navara, David
2677
Le, Quang Liem
27391/2-1/244Prague27 Feb 2025board
36
Le, Quang Liem
2739
Giri, Anish
27281/2-1/241Prague26 Feb 2025board
37
Amar, Elham
2534
Le, Quang Liem
27391-056New York30 Dec 2024board
38
Le, Quang Liem
2739
Antipov, Mikhail Al
25940-141New York30 Dec 2024board
39
Tang, Andrew
2527
Le, Quang Liem
27391/2-1/2108New York30 Dec 2024board
40
Le, Quang Liem
2739
Christiansen, Johan Sebastian
26611/2-1/244New York30 Dec 2024board
41
Urazayev, Arystanbek
2470
Le, Quang Liem
27390-160New York30 Dec 2024board
42
Le, Quang Liem
2739
Lenderman, Aleksandr
24800-143New York30 Dec 2024board
43
Vakhidov, Jahongir
2546
Le, Quang Liem
27390-188New York30 Dec 2024board
44
Le, Quang Liem
2739
Hakobyan, Aram
26251/2-1/234New York30 Dec 2024board
45
Bortnyk, Mykola
2400
Le, Quang Liem
27391-079New York30 Dec 2024board
46
Le, Quang Liem
2739
Anton Guijarro, David
26731-028New York30 Dec 2024board
47
Gelfand, Boris
2657
Le, Quang Liem
27391/2-1/246New York30 Dec 2024board
48
Le, Quang Liem
2739
Madaminov, Mukhiddin
25011-038New York30 Dec 2024board
49
Gaehwiler, Gabriel
2392
Le, Quang Liem
27391/2-1/247New York30 Dec 2024board
50
Theodorou, Nikolas
2535
Le, Quang Liem
26571/2-1/257New York28 Dec 2024board