Late on November 14, Vietnam time, Le Quang Liem ended the first match of round 5 at the 2025 World Cup taking place in India.
Le Quang Liem will meet German grandmaster Alexander Donchenko in this round.
The two players will compete in the first match of the standard chess event with the mentality of finding opportunities to overcome their opponents to gain an advantage in the second leg. Alexander Donchenko opened the scoring with a white lead. With this advantage, the German grandmaster focused on the strategy of getting Le Quang Liem's players to defend.
Despite falling behind due to the black army, Le Quang Liem still kept a low guard in each country he visited. The great chess grandmaster of Vietnam made no mistakes and found chess moves that Alexander Donchenko could not overcome. The match stopped after 31 departures. The two players accepted the draw.
The standard flag match between Le Quang Liem and Alexander Donchenko took place on November 15. The winner of the match will qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2025 World Cup. If the standard chess return match has a draw, the two players will be forced to play tie-breaks with quick chess and lightning chess to find the final result.
Le Quang Liem is the Vietnamese player with the best result ever at the World Cup when entering the 5th round of this tournament. The tournament will end on November 27.
