Liêm drops ranking after third draw at Super Grandmaster Tournament

July 12, 2017 - 09:00

Lê Quang Liêm pocketed the third draw at the Danzhou Super Grandmaster Tournament in China yesterday.

Lê Quang Liêm ranks eighth after three matches at the Danzhou Super Grandmaster Tournament in China. — VNS Photo
Viet Nam News

HÀ NỘI — Lê Quang Liêm pocketed the third draw at the Danzhou Super Grandmaster Tournament in China yesterday.

Vietnamese Liêm in the white-piece side tied with Yu Yangji of the host after 69 moves.

The third draw pulled Liêm, on 1.5 point, from No 4 to No 8 in the 10-man ranking table. Yu with the same point secured Liêm’s previous place.

Liêm will now play Russian Vladimir Malakhov, who is currently in the fourth position. Yesterday, Malakhov tied with Chinese Wang Hao.

Wei Yi of China maintains his position at top of the table with 2.5 points after three games.

His country-fellow Ding Liren is second with 2 points.

The eighth super grandmaster has been organised from 9th to 19th July in Danzhou on the island province of Hainan.

Players compete in a single round-robin system that features five international grandmasters and the top Chinese players.

The total prize money is US$60,000, with $20,000 for the first place. — VNS

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