Le Quang Liem concluded the competition program of the Biel GMT Masters Triathlon 2026 International Chess Tournament in Switzerland on July 25 local time.
This is the 4th consecutive time that a Vietnamese chess grandmaster has participated in this chess tournament. Le Quang Liem has won a total of 24 points, ranking 4th.
In the competition results, Le Quang Liem has 15.5 points in standard chess competition, 4 points in rapid chess competition and 4.5 points in blitz chess competition after 23 matches.
In which, Quang Liem is the player who achieved the best standard chess score among the 6 players competing at Biel GMT Masters Triathlon 2026.
3rd place belonged to player Yagiz Erdogmus (Turkey) with 24 points but higher than Le Quang Liem in sub-index. The runner-up is player Aydin Suleymanli (Azerbaijan) with 25.5 points. The championship belonged to grandmaster Levon Aronian (USA) with 29.5 points.
Levon Aronian has 12 points in standard chess, 9 points in rapid chess and 8.5 points in blitz chess.
According to Le Quang Liem's sharing, with the highest standard chess score in the tournament, this grandmaster will be awarded 1 elo in the FIDE world rankings in August.
The Biel GMT Masters Triathlon 2026 international chess tournament has 6 players registered to compete, including Le Quang Liem, Levon Aronian, Yagız Kaan Erdogmuş, Matthias Bluebaum, José Martínez, Aydin Suleymanli.
They successively competed in games against 960 chess, rapid chess, blitz chess and standard chess to decide the final result.
The tournament lasts for 2 weeks, starting from July 11 local time in Switzerland.
