Quang Liem leads in the tournament attended by "Chess King" Carlsen

Quang Liem won 9, drew 1, lost 1 game, earning 9.5 points after 11 rounds of Late Titled Tuesday ending on November 22. Carlsen also achieved 9.5 points, from 8 wins, 3 draws.

Quang Liem surprisingly won the Late Titled Tuesday tournament (Photo: FIDE).

But considering the sub-index of the total points of the winning opponents and half the points of the drawn opponents, Quang Liem is slightly better than Carlsen (72.5 points compared to 70 points). Vietnam's number one player leads, while the Norwegian "Chess King" accepts second place.

Titled Tuesday blitz tournaments are held weekly on the world's largest chess platform Chess, with two Early and Late tournaments each week, on Tuesdays. This tournament is for the world's top players.

Titled Tuesday had more than 300 players participating, with other masters such as Alexander Grischuk and Hikaru Nakamura. Quang Liem beat world number three Nakamura in game 8, then lost to Carlsen in the following game. Carlsen led until the final game, but only drew with Erigaisi Arjun, while Quang Liem beat Oleksandr Bortnyk to win the prize.

In the Early Titled Tuesday tournament that took place 6 hours earlier, Quang Liem finished third with 9.5 points, while Carlsen led with 10.5 points. In the final game, Carlsen had a chance to achieve a perfect record, but he only tied with Quang Liem after 2 moves.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/quang-liem-dan-dau-o-giai-dau-vua-co-carlsen-tham-du-20231123180624143.htm