Today, August 11, Le Quang Liem will officially compete in his first matches in chess under the Esports World Cup 2026 - Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 competition program.
Le Quang Liem won a spot to participate in the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 after having good results in the qualifying round of the DreamHack Atlanta 2026 tournament that took place in the US.
Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 takes place in France with 24 electronic sports.
For the first time, chess is included in the competition program of this tournament. Chess competitions will take place from August 11 to August 15 local time in France.
Le Quang Liem did not get a ticket to the final round (there are a total of 16 chess players).
The Vietnamese chess grandmaster must compete in the qualifying round at the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026.
There are 8 chess players participating in the qualifying round to compete for 2 official slots in the final round.
In the first round of qualifying, Le Quang Liem will meet Olexandr Bortnyk (Ukraine).
According to the competition format, the 2 chess players of each match will compete in 2 rounds going back and forth. Each round lasts 10 minutes.
If after 2 sets, the score is a draw, then both continue to play the Armageddon set to win the overall result.
Chess players will compete from the first round to the final match to compete for a ticket to the final round.
For losing chess players, they still have a chance to play in the losing bracket. The champion in the losing bracket has a spot in the chess finals at the World Cup (EWC) 2026.
Le Quang Liem joined Team Flash at this year's tournament.
