Liêm loses to host player at UAE

Lê Quang Liêm lost to host chess grandmaster Salem Saleh in the seventh set of the  二 五th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival. — Photo i-thethao.vnecdn.netHÀ NỘI — Top Vietnamese chess player Lê Quang Liêm lost to grandmaster Salem Saleh in the seventh set of the  二 五th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival on Tuesday (August  一 四).

Liêm (Elo  二, 七 二 七) took black but his unstable style caused him weakness in defending and he accepted the loss after  三 九 moves.

The victory helped Salem reach the first group with six points, along with Daniil Dubov ( 二, 六 九 一) and Anton Korobov ( 二, 六 六 四).

Young talent Nguyễn Anh Khôi caught up with Liêm after beating Dushyant Sharma from India ( 二, 二 二 一).

Liêm will meet Aryan Chopra from India ( 二, 五 三 六) while Khôi will face Ahmed Adly of Egypt ( 二, 六 三 四) in the eighth set on August  一 五. — VNS