At the Titled Tuesday tournament, Le Quang Liem showed impressive form with 9 wins, 1 draw and only 1 defeat. Vietnam's No. 1 Grandmaster finished the tournament with 9.5 points, the same achievement as Hikaru Nakamura and Tobias Koelle.
However, Quang Liem took the lead thanks to sub-indices, thereby winning the leading position. Nakamura ranked second, while Tobias Koelle ranked third.
On the journey to coronation, Le Quang Liem successively faced many opponents of International Grandmaster level. He won against Arjun Kalyan, Sina Movahed, Denis Lazavik, Cristobal Henriquez, Andy Woodward, David Paravyan and drew with Dmitrij Kollars.
Quang Liem's only defeat came against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. However, the final result still helped the Vietnamese player overcome direct competitors to top the rankings.
This is the 7th time in his career that Le Quang Liem has won the Titled Tuesday championship. This achievement continues to show the online blitz chess competition ability of the player born in 1991, especially in a tournament that gathers many top world names.
This victory is also of great significance in the goal of accumulating points on the Champions Chess Tour (CCT) system. According to the current format, players in the top 10 in each Titled Tuesday tournament will be added points to the CCT rankings.
At the end of the season, 12 players with the highest rankings in the CCT rankings will win the right to participate in the Esports World Cup (EWC). Therefore, maintaining stable performance at Titled Tuesday may bring a significant advantage to players in the race to win a spot to participate in this major playground.
Titled Tuesday is an online blitz chess tournament held weekly on the Chess.com platform, according to the Swiss system with 11 games. Each game has a time of 5 minutes and no added time.
The tournament has been held since 2022 and quickly became a familiar playground for many top world players. With a prize of 2,500 USD per week for the champion, Titled Tuesday regularly gathers big names like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura.
With the latest championship, Le Quang Liem continues to affirm the position of Vietnamese chess players in the international online chess arena, while creating more motivation for the score race towards the Esports World Cup.
