Vietnam’s international GM Le Quang Liem (Elo 2706) has maintained his winning streak after six rounds, lifting the trophy of the Webster University – Spice Rapid Invitational in the US.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s number one chess player, Le Quang Liem, and his teammates from Webster University were recently crowned with the championship at the President's Cup chess tournament, which took place on April 5-6.

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 VietNamNet Bridge - In the match between the two leading players of Vietnam, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son unexpectedly defeated Vietnam’s No. 1 player, International Super Grandmasters Le Quang Liem after 63 moves.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In the rankings released by FIDE on March 1, Vietnam’s top chessman Le Quang Liem maintained Elo 2709 but he slipped by five spots from the previous month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – If footballers who are easy to earn a billion VND are not mentioned, badminton player Tien Minh, swimmer Anh Vien and chessman Quang Liem ranked first for income in 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With only 6 points gained at 2013 Spice Cup, Vietnam’s leading chessman Quang Liem lost 8.8 points in his Elo rating.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After the World Chess Cup, Vietnam’s top chessman Le Quang Liem will move from Norway to the U.S. to study at the Webster University and he will not compete at the SEA Games later this year.

Two chess grandmasters Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son will attend the World Cup 2013 (held in Norway from 10-8 to 5-9) with funds from the fund for talented of the Vietnam Chess Federation.

 VietNamNet Bridge - While all national sports teams are funded by the state, the chess team is not.

VietNamNet Bridge – Chess is the sport with the highest number of “prodigies.” However, most of the prodigies were not cared for thoroughly so their talent gradually faded.