Lê Quang Liêm
Vietnamese chess grandmaster (born 1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Lê, but is often simplified to Le in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Liêm (simply) or Quang Liêm (politely)[1].
Lê Quang Liêm (born 13 March 1991) is a Vietnamese chess grandmaster, the top-ranked of his country.[2] He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. Liêm won the Asian Chess Championship in 2019 and was the World Blitz Chess Champion in 2013.
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Lê Quang Liêm | |
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Country | Vietnam |
Born | (1991-03-13) 13 March 1991 (age 33) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
Title | Grandmaster (2006) |
FIDE rating | 2731 (May 2024) |
Peak rating | 2740 (August 2023) |
Ranking | No. 21 (May 2024) |
Peak ranking | No. 15 (August 2023) |
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He has competed for team Vietnam at the Chess Olympiad since 2006. The best result occurred in 2012, when he scored 8/10 points on board 1 and his team finished in 7th place, the highest ever for Vietnam.[3]
Quang Liêm now lives in St. Louis, Missouri and is the head coach for the Webster University Chess Team.[4]