Vietnam's No.1 player defeats “World Chess King”
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem reached a milestone victory against world champion Magnus Carlsen at Oslo Esports Cup in Norway on Sunday (Vietnam time).
 Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem (L) defeates world champion Magnus Carlsen at 2.5-1.5 (Photo: VNA) |
With the victory against the Norwegian grandmaster, who is known as the “World Chess King”, Liem made a "seism" in global chess. After 15 previous games without winning over Carlsen, Liem finally defeated him at 2.5-1.5 for the first time.
The Oslo Esports Cup is the first major event of the grand series Champions Chess Tour 2022, which gathered eight grandmasters. Of these, four are among the world’s top 15. They will face each other in a round-robin format. Liem is No. 6 seed at the tournament.