On the evening of November 12, local time, Le Quang Liem won round 4.
Of all the players who have a place in round 5, Le Quang Liem is the only player in Southeast Asia. In round 5, the Vietnamese grandmaster will meet German chess player Alexander Donchenko. Currently, this player has a elo coefficient of 2641, ranked 82nd in the world standard flag.
Back to round 4, in the standard first leg against Karthik Venkataraman, Le Quang Liem was held to a draw. In the second leg, the grandmaster of Vietnam chess must lead the black team and follow.
However, Quang Liem took the initiative to make decisive moves. For Karthik Venkataraman, the pressure to find the best results caused this player at times not to be able to lead the country most effectively.
After 68 matches, Le Quang Liem won the second leg of the standard flag. With this result, the Vietnamese chess grandmaster won with a result of 1.5-0.5 against Karthik Venkataraman.
The victory was enough to help Le Quang Liem enter the 5th round of the 2025 World Cup.
Lot in round 5, grandmaster Le Quang Liem will receive a reward of 25,000 USD from the Organizing Committee.
Before the tournament took place, Le Quang Liem set a goal of striving for the best results. The grandmaster of Vietnamese chess is the person with the 13th highest elo coefficient among the 206 male players awarded a place to participate this time.
This is the first time that Vietnamese men's chess has had a player in the 5th round of the World Cup organized by the World Chess Federation - FIDE. At the 2013 and 2019 competitions, Le Quang Liem only reached round 4.
