Le Quang Liem has not reached his peak performance yet.
In the 8th round of the Prague International Chess Festival that ended on the evening of March 6, Le Quang Liem (Elo 2,739) shared points with Indian player Praggnanandhaa (Elo 2,741). Before that, he drew all 6 rounds and then lost to American player Shankland Sam (Elo 2,670).
Le Quang Liem failed to compete successfully at the Prague International Chess Festival 2025
Vietnam's No. 1 player Le Quang Liem only scored 3.5 points after 8 games, ranking 8th out of 10 players participating in the Masters group of the Prague International Chess Festival. Le Quang Liem has no chance of entering the top 3 because there is only 1 game left in the tournament but the opponents in the top 3 have created a safe score gap. Specifically, player Aravindh Chithambaram (India) leads with 5.5 points, Praggnanandhaa is second with 5 points and Yi Wei (China) is third with 4.5 points.
The most regrettable thing for Le Quang Liem at the tournament was losing 10 Elo ranks. The match that caused Quang Liem to lose the most Elo was the loss to Shankland Sam. In addition, letting opponents with lower Elo hold him to a draw also caused the number 1 Vietnamese chess player to lose Elo. According to the rankings regularly updated on 2700chess.com , Le Quang Liem currently has Elo 2,729, ranked 22nd in the world.
Le Quang Liem (left) was deducted 10 Elo ranks after 8 matches at the Prague International Chess Festival 2025.
Today, Le Quang Liem will play the 9th and final round of the Prague International Chess Festival 2025, facing Yi Wei (China, Elo 2,755). If he defeats this opponent, Vietnam's No. 1 player will improve his Elo and ranking. If he loses, he will "burn" more Elo and end the tournament in the bottom group of the rankings.
Prague International Chess Festival 2025 features 10 grandmasters: Yi Wei (China, Elo 2,755), Praggnanandhaa (India, 2,741), Keymer Vincent (Germany, 2,731), Aravindh Chithambaram (India, 2,729), Giri Anish (Netherlands, 2,728), Navara David (Czech Republic, 2,677), Shankland Sam (USA, 2,670), Nguyen Thai Dai Van (Czech Republic, 2,668), Gurel Ediz (Türkiye, 2,624) and Vietnam's No. 1 player Le Quang Liem (2,739). The players will compete in a round-robin with a total of 9 final ranking rounds.
The Elo rating is a method of relative calculation to evaluate the level of players based on their performance in matches. The name "eEo" comes from the name of Dr. Arpad Emrick Elo (1903 - 1992), a Hungarian-American physicist. He built his calculation system on the basis of the calculation system of a chess organizer Kenneth Harkness (1896 - 1972). This calculation system has the contribution of 2 people, but people often call Mr. Elo's name because his calculation method has been completed and is close to today's calculation method. Currently, the international Elo rating is recognized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) through the scale defined in the FIDE handbook.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/le-quang-liem-dot-elo-khi-thi-dau-khong-thanh-cong-tai-ch-czech-185250307100702526.htm
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