HDBank International Chess Tournament 2017 is considered as the most impressive season so far with the big step of improving quality and total prize over 45.000 USD, attracting more than 240 players from 24 nations and regions on 5 continents participated in 2 category: Master and Challengers.

7th HDBank International Chess Championship 2017 officially opened in the morning of 12/03/2017 at First Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam No. 1 Le Quang Liem set the target to achieve the highest place in the 7th HDBank Cup International Open Chess Tournament 2017 on March 12th at First Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

Today (12.3) After a long wait, the 7th HDBank International Chess Championship officially kicked off at De Nhat Hotel (HCMC) with the attendance of players from many nations and regions.

The third round of HDBank Cup International Open Chess Tournament has witnessed the great success of Viet Nam young players.

(NLĐO) On the longest competition day of the tournament, Le Quang Liem, who had not won the full score in two games, but still achieve the leading position for the first time in the half way of HDBank 2017.

It took three hours and 45 minutes to win the fight against 15-year-old Nguyen Anh Khoi in the fourth round at noon on March 14, Le Quang Liem on the same day shared a point with defending champion Wang Hao after only 21 moves in the 5th game. The same 4 points but thanks to the better tiebreak, No. 2 seed Le Quang Liem took the lead after round 5.

It's a pity that Tran Tuan Minh,the 21-year-old outstanding player, made a good draw with Wang Hao in the fourth game but then lost the No. 3 seed Bu Xiang-zhi in the fifth game. Nguyen Anh Khoi had great come back with the win against Li Ruo-fan, former Asian champion and now Singapore's No. 1 female player. With 3.5 points, Anh Khoi remained in the top 12 rankings. Similarly, after surprisingly defeating world No.10 female player Stefanova Antoaneta on round 4, Pham Chuong lost to strong opponent Aleksey Goganov after 56 moves.

The 6 round will be a thrilling game to compete for the first place when the top 6 players facing each others, Le Quang Liem against Aleksey Goganov, Wang Hao against No.1 seed player Wei Yi and Bu Xiang-zhi against Ivan Rozum.

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