Liêm named No 29 in chess world rankings

Top Vietnamese chess player Lê Quang Liêm. — Photo vietbao.vnHÀ NỘI — Top Vietnamese chess player Lê Quang Liêm has risen four places, from No  三 三 to No  二 九, in FIDE’s world rankings for April.

His Elo rating also jumped from  二 七 一 二 to  二 七 二 六, the best Elo rating in Vietnamese chess history. (The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in competitor-versus-competitor games such as chess).

Liêm won the international chess tournament, HD Bank  二0 一 七, held in HCM City and the College Final Four held in the US.

His career best ranking was No  二 七 in April of  二0 一 三.

Other Vietnamese representatives Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn and Trần Tuấn Minh ranked  一 四 九th and  五 二 四th in the world, with Elo ratings of  二 六 二 三 and  二 五 三 四, respectively. — VNS