Quang Liem ties for first place on first day at Grand Chess Tour

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has won victory on the first day of the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Recap tourney of 2017 Grand Chess Tour held in the US. 

Quang Liem (left) in the match against Nakamura
Quang Liem (elo rating 2747) unexpectedly beat Fabiano Caruana (elo 2807) and Hikaru Nakamura (elo 2792). However, he was defeated by Sergey Karjakin (elo 2773) when holding black pawns.

With four points after the first three rounds, Le Quang Liem were tied for first place together with Levon Aronian (elo 2.799), Fabiano Caruana (2.807), and Ian Nepomniachtchi (elo 2.751) at the end of the first day.

Quang Liem will continue to compete against Dominguez và Nepomniachtchi in the next three matches of rapid and blitz category on August 16. 

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