Le Quang Liem Age 33

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Title

Grandmaster

Live Rating

2739.0

Live Rank

#15

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 #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
1	Le, Quang Liem	2741	Anton Guijarro, David	2665	0-1	39	Budapest	21 Sep 2024
2	Vitiugov, Nikita	2676	Le, Quang Liem	2741	1/2-1/2	60	Budapest	20 Sep 2024
3	Le, Quang Liem	2741	Carlsen, Magnus	2832	0-1	45	Budapest	19 Sep 2024
4	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2723	Le, Quang Liem	2741	1/2-1/2	42	Budapest	18 Sep 2024
5	Ding, Liren	2736	Le, Quang Liem	2741	0-1	62	Budapest	16 Sep 2024
6	Le, Quang Liem	2741	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	1/2-1/2	48	Budapest	15 Sep 2024
7	Le, Quang Liem	2741	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2766	1/2-1/2	63	Budapest	14 Sep 2024
8	Makhnev, Denis	2551	Le, Quang Liem	2741	0-1	43	Budapest	13 Sep 2024
9	Le, Quang Liem	2741	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	2419	1-0	34	Budapest	12 Sep 2024
10	Martirosyan, Haik M	2661	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1/2-1/2	38	Biel	25 Jul 2024
11	Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu	2757	Le, Quang Liem	2731	0-1	65	Biel	24 Jul 2024
12	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2604	1/2-1/2	53	Biel	23 Jul 2024
13	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu	2757	1/2-1/2	39	Biel	21 Jul 2024
14	Shankland, Samuel L	2683	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1/2-1/2	37	Biel	21 Jul 2024
15	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2604	Le, Quang Liem	2731	0-1	43	Biel	21 Jul 2024
16	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Keymer, Vincent	2721	1-0	33	Biel	21 Jul 2024
17	Martirosyan, Haik M	2661	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1/2-1/2	53	Biel	21 Jul 2024
18	Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu	2757	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1-0	113	Biel	21 Jul 2024
19	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Shankland, Samuel L	2683	1-0	73	Biel	21 Jul 2024
20	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2604	1/2-1/2	47	Biel	21 Jul 2024
21	Keymer, Vincent	2721	Le, Quang Liem	2731	0-1	47	Biel	21 Jul 2024
22	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Martirosyan, Haik M	2661	1/2-1/2	57	Biel	21 Jul 2024
23	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Martirosyan, Haik M	2661	1/2-1/2	81	Biel	20 Jul 2024
24	Shankland, Samuel L	2683	Le, Quang Liem	2731	0-1	70	Biel	19 Jul 2024
25	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2604	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1/2-1/2	22	Biel	18 Jul 2024
26	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu	2757	1/2-1/2	34	Biel	17 Jul 2024
27	Keymer, Vincent	2721	Le, Quang Liem	2731	0-1	68	Biel	16 Jul 2024
28	Martirosyan, Haik M	2661	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1/2-1/2	68	Biel	14 Jul 2024
29	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Shankland, Samuel L	2683	1-0	53	Biel	14 Jul 2024
30	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2604	1/2-1/2	54	Biel	14 Jul 2024
31	Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu	2757	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1/2-1/2	37	Biel	14 Jul 2024
32	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Keymer, Vincent	2721	0-1	39	Biel	14 Jul 2024
33	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Raja, Harshit	2458	1-0	47	Saint Louis	21 Mar 2024
34	Sevian, Samuel	2697	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1-0	38	Saint Louis	21 Mar 2024
35	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Gledura, Benjamin	2616	1/2-1/2	68	Saint Louis	21 Mar 2024
36	Quesada Perez, Yuniesky	2591	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1/2-1/2	52	Saint Louis	21 Mar 2024
37	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Hong, Andrew Z	2542	1-0	48	Saint Louis	21 Mar 2024
38	Quesada Perez, Yasser	2584	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1/2-1/2	57	Saint Louis	21 Mar 2024
39	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Tokhirjonova, Gulruhbegim	2365	1-0	52	Saint Louis	21 Mar 2024
40	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Robson, Ray	2696	1-0	43	Saint Louis	18 Nov 2023
41	Giri, Anish	2752	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1/2-1/2	52	Saint Louis	18 Nov 2023
42	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Firouzja, Alireza	2777	1-0	82	Saint Louis	18 Nov 2023
43	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2771	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1/2-1/2	42	Saint Louis	18 Nov 2023
44	Xiong, Jeffery	2681	Le, Quang Liem	2731	0-1	65	Saint Louis	18 Nov 2023
45	Le, Quang Liem	2731	Caruana, Fabiano	2795	1-0	42	Saint Louis	18 Nov 2023
46	Sevian, Samuel	2696	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1-0	39	Saint Louis	18 Nov 2023
47	Le, Quang Liem	2731	So, Wesley	2752	1/2-1/2	67	Saint Louis	18 Nov 2023
48	So, Wesley	2760	Le, Quang Liem	2665	1/2-1/2	67	Saint Louis	18 Nov 2023
49	Vachier Lagrave, Maxime	2734	Le, Quang Liem	2731	0-1	45	Saint Louis	18 Nov 2023
50	Robson, Ray	2696	Le, Quang Liem	2731	1/2-1/2	92	Saint Louis	17 Nov 2023