Liêm and Khôi shine in UAE

Nguyễn Anh Khôi. — Photo thethao.sggp.org.vn

HÀ NỘI — The third day of competition at the  二 五th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday saw wins by both top Vietnamese player Lê Quang Liêm and young talent, Nguyễn Anh Khôi,  一 六.

No  一 seed Liêm (Elo  二, 七 二 七) crushed Chinese Zuo Yifan (Elo  二, 三 三 四) after  四 五 moves.

Yifan is a young talent of China as he is only  一 三 years old but plays very well.

Meanwhile, Khôi (Elo  二, 四 五 三) beat Patil Pratik of India (Elo  二, 二 八0) after  三 八 moves.

Liêm and Khôi both have two points after three matches. Liêm is in  五 九th place, while Khôi ranks  四 三rd on a tie-breaker.

Khôi’s rival in the fourth round is Gupta Abhijeet of India (Elo  二, 六 一 四) and Liêm will take on another Indian rival, Soumya Swaminathan (Elo  二, 三 六 一).

The event will end on August  一 五 with the winner receiving US$ 一 三,000. — VNS