Liêm second in chess tournament

Lê Quang Liêm ranks second in the Danzhou Super Grandmaster Tournament in China after his seventh match. — File Photo

HÀ NỘI — Lê Quang Liêm ranks second in the Danzhou Super Grandmaster Tournament in China after his seventh match yesterday.

The Vietnamese defeated Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in a 45-move match to earn 4.5 points.

He will next play Lu Shanglei who lost to Wang Hao in an all-Chinese game yesterday.

Wei Yi of the hosts maintained his position as the tournament leader with 5.5 points. He tied with Arkadij Naiditsch from Azerbaizan in the 46-move match.

The third place went to Ding Liren of China, who has four points.

The eighth edition of the tournament will continue until tomorrow on the island province of Hainan. This year the 10-player single round-robin format features five international grandmasters, as well as top Chinese players. — VNS

Tags Le Quang Liem second Danzhou Super Grandmaster Tournament

VFF General Secretary Nguyễn Văn Phú's vision for Vietnamese football

Sports

Việt Nam Coal and Minerals win National Cup 2024

Sports

Việt Nam upbeat on third ASEAN Cup victory

Sports

Cát Tiên Jungle Paths scheduled for Sunday

Sports

Three title defending matches featured at LION Championships 20

Sports

Ange needs all the mates he can get

More on this story

Sports

Cyclists set for Return to Trường Sơn

A cycling tournament entitled ‘Returning to Trường Sơn’ begins today in Hà Nội. Seventy cyclists from 12 local and two foreign teams will participate in the six-stage tournament which runs nearly 750km from the capital city to Quảng Trị Province.

Sports

Junior swimming event gets underway

The National Defence Sports Centre 5 earned five gold medals at the National Junior Swimming Championships which opened at Mỹ Đình National Sports Complex in Hà Nội yesterday.

Sports

PVF win U17 football title

Ten-man PFV defeated Viettel 2-1 to win the National U17 Football Championship yesterday in HCM City.

Sports

Nam wins doubles tournament

Lý Hoàng Nam and Sun Fajing championed the China F12 Men’s Futures’ men’s doubles category yesterday in Shenzhen City.

Sports

Đức, Thảo in quarterfinals of Canada Open

Đỗ Tuấn Đức and Phạm Như Thảo beat Sam Magee and Chloe Magee 22-20, 18-21, 21-17 to enter the quarterfinals of the Yonex Canada Open badminton tournament on Friday.

Sports

HCM City triumph at national finswimming champs

HCM City bagged the top spot at the National Junior Finswimming Championships which wrapped up at the Mỹ Đình National Sports Complex in Hà Nội on July 13.

Sports

Mayweather, McGregor take trash-talk tour to New York

Floyd Mayweather was on the attack on Thursday, branding Conor McGregor a quitter as the four-stop tour hyping their cross-combat superfight hit New York.

Sports

Việt Nam eye good show in ASG

Việt Nam hope to perform well in the ninth ASEAN Schools Games (ASG), which will be organised in Singapore from July 14 to July 21.

Sports

Nam wins both singles and doubles event in China

Lý Hoàng Nam had the perfect day yesterday, winning both his singles and doubles matches at the China F12 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Shenzhen City.