Le Quang Liem Age 33

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Title

Grandmaster

Live Rating

2749.6

Live Rank

#12

FIDE Rating

2741

World Rank

#14

Vietnam Rank

#1

FIDE Peak Rating

2741 - Aug 2024 (Age 33)

FIDE Peak Rank

#14 (2741) - Sep 2024 (Age 33)

Rapid

2657 World #45, Peak 2771 (Oct 2014)

Blitz

2705 World #27, Peak 2843 (Aug 2013)

Born

13 Mar 1991
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

FIDE ID 12401137

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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 Player	Rating	Black Player	Rating	Result	Moves	Site	Date
51	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Xiong, Jeffery	2681	0-1	63	Saint Louis	17 Nov 2023
52	Caruana, Fabiano	2795	Le, Quang Liem	2731	0-1	62	Saint Louis	17 Nov 2023
53	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Sevian, Samuel	2696	1-0	46	Saint Louis	17 Nov 2023
54	So, Wesley	2752	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1-0	57	Saint Louis	17 Nov 2023
55	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Vachier Lagrave, Maxime	2734	0-1	64	Saint Louis	17 Nov 2023
56	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2771	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1-0	69	Saint Louis	16 Nov 2023
57	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Vachier Lagrave, Maxime	2734	1/2-1/2	47	Saint Louis	16 Nov 2023
58	Firouzja, Alireza	2777	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1/2-1/2	67	Saint Louis	16 Nov 2023
59	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Caruana, Fabiano	2795	0-1	46	Saint Louis	15 Nov 2023
60	Giri, Anish	2752	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1/2-1/2	84	Saint Louis	15 Nov 2023
61	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Sevian, Samuel	2696	1/2-1/2	42	Saint Louis	15 Nov 2023
62	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Xiong, Jeffery	2681	1-0	48	Saint Louis	14 Nov 2023
63	Robson, Ray	2696	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1/2-1/2	60	Saint Louis	14 Nov 2023
64	Le, Quang Liem	2731	So, Wesley	2752	1-0	43	Saint Louis	14 Nov 2023
65	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2758	Le, Quang Liem	2733	1/2-1/2	43	Hangzhou	5 Oct 2023
66	Le, Quang Liem	2733	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2707	0-1	31	Hangzhou	4 Oct 2023
67	Le, Quang Liem	2733	Tologontegin, Semetey	2368	1/2-1/2	76	Hangzhou	3 Oct 2023
68	Bilguun, Sumiya	2456	Le, Quang Liem	2733	0-1	42	Hangzhou	2 Oct 2023
69	Le, Quang Liem	2733	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2716	1-0	61	Hangzhou	1 Oct 2023
70	Wei, Yi	2726	Le, Quang Liem	2733	1/2-1/2	72	Hangzhou	30 Sep 2023
71	Le, Quang Liem	2733	Lee, Jun Hyeok	2379	1-0	43	Hangzhou	29 Sep 2023
72	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2664	Le, Quang Liem	2728	1/2-1/2	60	Baku	7 Aug 2023
73	Le, Quang Liem	2728	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2664	0-1	57	Baku	7 Aug 2023
74	Le, Quang Liem	2728	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2664	1/2-1/2	55	Baku	7 Aug 2023
75	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2664	Le, Quang Liem	2728	1/2-1/2	52	Baku	7 Aug 2023
76	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2664	Le, Quang Liem	2728	1/2-1/2	33	Baku	6 Aug 2023
77	Le, Quang Liem	2728	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2664	1/2-1/2	53	Baku	5 Aug 2023
78	Ivanisevic, Ivan	2536	Le, Quang Liem	2728	0-1	41	Baku	4 Aug 2023
79	Le, Quang Liem	2728	Ivanisevic, Ivan	2536	1-0	51	Baku	4 Aug 2023
80	Le, Quang Liem	2728	Ivanisevic, Ivan	2536	1/2-1/2	48	Baku	3 Aug 2023
81	Ivanisevic, Ivan	2536	Le, Quang Liem	2728	1/2-1/2	59	Baku	2 Aug 2023
82	Navara, David	2689	Le, Quang Liem	2728	1/2-1/2	37	Biel	26 Jul 2023
83	Le, Quang Liem	2728	Moussard, Jules	2654	1/2-1/2	81	Biel	25 Jul 2023
84	Yu, Yangyi	2735	Le, Quang Liem	2728	0-1	36	Biel	24 Jul 2023
85	Le, Quang Liem	2728	Amin, Bassem	2694	1-0	35	Biel	22 Jul 2023
86	Keymer, Vincent	2690	Le, Quang Liem	2728	0-1	55	Biel	22 Jul 2023
87	Le, Quang Liem	2728	Deac, Bogdan Daniel	2693	1/2-1/2	64	Biel	22 Jul 2023
88	Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar	2710	Le, Quang Liem	2728	1-0	52	Biel	22 Jul 2023
89	Yu, Yangyi	2735	Le, Quang Liem	2728	1/2-1/2	61	Biel	22 Jul 2023
90	Le, Quang Liem	2728	Navara, David	2689	0-1	37	Biel	22 Jul 2023
91	Moussard, Jules	2654	Le, Quang Liem	2728	1-0	30	Biel	22 Jul 2023
92	Amin, Bassem	2694	Le, Quang Liem	2728	0-1	27	Biel	22 Jul 2023
93	Le, Quang Liem	2728	Keymer, Vincent	2690	1/2-1/2	55	Biel	22 Jul 2023
94	Deac, Bogdan Daniel	2693	Le, Quang Liem	2728	0-1	34	Biel	22 Jul 2023
95	Le, Quang Liem	2728	Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar	2710	0-1	51	Biel	22 Jul 2023
96	Le, Quang Liem	2728	Yu, Yangyi	2735	1-0	42	Biel	22 Jul 2023
97	Navara, David	2689	Le, Quang Liem	2728	0-1	54	Biel	22 Jul 2023
98	Le, Quang Liem	2728	Moussard, Jules	2654	1-0	33	Biel	22 Jul 2023
99	Le, Quang Liem	2728	Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar	2710	1-0	42	Biel	21 Jul 2023
100	Keymer, Vincent	2690	Le, Quang Liem	2728	1-0	53	Biel	20 Jul 2023