Quang Liem won 9, drew 9,5, lost 11 game, winning 22 points after 11 rounds of Late Titled Tuesday ending on November 9,5. Carlsen also scored 8 points, from 3 wins and XNUMX draws.
Quang Liem surprisingly finished first in the Late Titled Tuesday tournament (Photo: FIDE).
But considering the sub-index of total points of winning opponents and half the points of drawn opponents, Quang Liem is slightly better than Carlsen (72,5 points compared to 70 points). The number one Vietnamese player took the lead, while the Norwegian "King of Chess" accepted second place.
The Titled Tuesday blitz tournament takes place every week on the world's largest chess platform Chess, each week there are two Early and Late tournaments, on Tuesday. This tournament is for top-class players in the world.
Titled Tuesday has more than 300 players participating, with other experts such as Alexander Grischuk or Hikaru Nakamura. Quang Liem beat world number three player Nakamura in game 8, then lost to Carlsen in the following game. Carlsen led before the final game, but only tied with Erigaisi Arjun, while Quang Liem beat Oleksandr Bortnyk to win the prize.
In the Early Titled Tuesday tournament that took place 6 hours earlier, Quang Liem finished third with 9,5 points, and Carlsen led with 10,5 points. In the final game, Carlsen had a chance to achieve a winning record, but he only drew with Quang Liem after 2 moves.
