Liêm out of FIDE World Cup after fourth round

HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese Grandmaster Quang Liêm was knocked out of the FIDE World Cup after losing to defending champion Levon Aronian of Armenia in a tie-break on Sunday in Russia.

After two draws in standard matches of the fourth round, the two grandmasters competed in a four-match tie-break which saw a final result of  三. 五- 二. 五 for Aronian, world No  一 四.

Liêm was also ousted in this round in  二0 一 三 as well.

Liêm brings home winnings of US$ 二 五,000 while Aronian advanced to the quarter-final where he will play GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France who is world No  五. 

The World Cup will wrap-up on October  四 with the finalists qualifying for the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship  二0 二0. — VNS