Grandmaster Le Quang Liem is still waiting for the final results of round 5 of the 2025 World Cup taking place in India with the decisive matches today, November 16.
At the end of the standard match of the second leg (late evening of November 15), Le Quang Liem continued to be held to a draw. Le Quang Liem and his opponent Alexander Donchenko were unable to match in the standard chess leg, so they were forced to compete in tie-breaks with fast and light chess. In the return standard match, despite having the advantage of leading the white team, Le Quang Liem did not win.
If he succeed in today's fast and lightning games, Le Quang Liem will enter the quarter-finals of the tournament. This is the result that the Vietnamese grandmaster is eagerly waiting for.
The 2025 World Cup for male players will run until November 27. The entire tournament has 206 players participating. Le Quang Liem is in 13th place with elo 2729 in the list of players participating this time. The grandmaster of Vietnamese chess has made history by reaching the round of 5 for the first time in this tournament through his previous participation.
After the 2025 World Cup, Le Quang Liem is expected to participate in the 2025 World B quick Chess Championship in December in Qatar.
Le Quang Liem did not participate in the 33rd SEA Games, so the 2025 World Cup is one of the important international tournaments that players focus on competing in.
