On August 1st, the FIDE announced the ranking of the world's top chess players. Grandmaster Le Quang Liem continues to be the only Vietnamese chess player in the top 100 most outstanding faces in the world at this time.
Le Quang Liem has risen to 16th in the world. In addition, the grandmaster from Ho Chi Minh City also improved his elo rating when he had the elo for himself at 2732.
Le Quang Liem just got more elo points after his performance at the Biel GMT Masters Triathlon 2026 International Chess Tournament in Switzerland.
During this time, Le Quang Liem is actively competing in many chess tournaments of e-sports.
Vietnam's grandmaster officially has a place to compete in the 2026 Esports World Cup - Esports World Cup 2026 (EWC 2026) in France.
Also on the FIDE world rankings, the top 5 positions are respectively grandmasters Magnus Carlsen (Norway, elo 2823), Fabiano Caruana (USA, elo 2792), Hikaru Nakamura (USA, elo 2792), Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan, elo 2777), Vincent Keymer (Germany, elo 2767).
In September this year, Le Quang Liem will participate in the 2026 World Chess Olympiad as the head coach of the US women's team.
This is the first time, Le Quang Liem has been the head coach of a national team in the official FIDE world tournament.
This tournament is held in Uzbekistan from August 15 to August 28.
