Le Quang Liem ends Chess World Cup with world top 20 performance

After chess player Le Quang Liem finished his journey at the 2025 Chess World Cup, Chess.com published statistics on his performance and quality in each game.

Le Quang Liem has a high winning rate when holding the black pieces - Photo: FIDE

Chess.com has published detailed statistics, showing that chess player Le Quang Liem has been playing with incredible performance. Most notably, his performance at the 2025 Chess World Cup has reached 2752 Elo.

With a pre-tournament actual Elo of 2729, a performance of 2752 is a significant improvement. It is equivalent to the performance of players in the top 15-20 in the world .

This number proves that the quality of Quang Liem's ​​moves and stability are extremely high. Next, the statistics show the clear and surprising difference between the two colors in the games.

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem had a difficult time with the white pieces. He ended up with 5 draws and 2 losses, with no wins throughout the tournament.

On the contrary, the Vietnamese player showed destructive form with 5 wins out of 7 games when holding the black pieces.

Other technical indicators that show Grandmaster Le Quang Liem's ​​composure and precision throughout his games include:

- Average accuracy (moves) of the whole tournament: 93.0% - This is a number that shows technical stability, and proves that Liem often makes the most optimal moves.

- Average number of moves per game: 46.1 moves - Long games show that Liem adapts well to standard chess, ready to enter complex and mind-boggling endgame battles.

- Average number of mistakes in a game: 1.4% - On average, Liem only makes about 1 mistake per game.

- Average number of misses per game: 0.4. Missing only 0.4 opportunities to counterattack or end the game per game proves that Liem is a very sharp player in seizing opportunities and converting advantages into victories.

Statistics show that Le Quang Liem had a successful World Cup in terms of personal performance. He achieved outstanding performance and excellent defensive and counter-attacking ability when playing black.

However, to continue to conquer bigger tournaments, Le Quang Liem will need to significantly improve his performance when holding the white pieces, turning the advantage of going first into a more convincing victory.

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