Chess World Cup 2025: Le Quang Liem becomes the 3rd candidate for the championship

After a tense tie-break on the evening of November 13, the Chess World Cup witnessed a series of surprises when many famous players had to stop, opening up a great opportunity for Le Quang Liem.

Le Quang Liem is expected to go far at the Chess World Cup - Photo: chessbase India

The 2025 Chess World Cup Round 4 has just ended with a thrilling tie-break. There were many big surprises, causing the rankings of the championship candidates to be disrupted.

A total of 6 Grandmasters had to stop, opening up a historic opportunity for the remaining names. Among them was player Le Quang Liem.

The number of 6 Grandmasters eliminated in the 4th round is a large number, proving the fierceness of the tournament. In which, the two most surprising defeats belonged to players Praggnanandhaa and Vincent Keymer.

Praggnanandhaa (India) was considered the third strongest player in the tournament, just behind Chess King Gukesh and Arjun. However, Praggnanandhaa lost in a tense tie-break against Grandmaster Daniil Dubov (Russia).

Praggnanandhaa (left) was unexpectedly eliminated in the 4th round of the Chess World Cup - Photo: chessbase India

In addition, the 6th seed of the tournament, Vincent Keymer (Germany) also had to stop before the excellent performance of Russian Grandmaster Andrey Esipenko.

After a major "clean-up" in round 4, there is only one player left in the world's top 10, Erigaisi Arjun (India). He, along with Wei Yi (China) and Levon Aronian (Armenia), are in bracket 2.

Meanwhile, in branch 1, Grandmaster Le Quang Liem and Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan) are highly rated names, ready to create a big surprise.

At the moment. Erigaisi Arjun (Elo 2773) is currently the brightest candidate for the championship. Standing right behind are Wei Yi (Elo 2754) and Le Quang Liem (Elo 2729).

With stable performance and newly affirmed courage, Vietnam's No. 1 Grandmaster is facing a golden opportunity to go further than ever.

Today, in round 5 of the 2025 Chess World Cup, Le Quang Liem will face German player Alexander Donchenko (Elo 2641) at 4:30 p.m. on November 14.

TUAN LONG

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/world-cup-co-vua-2025-le-quang-liem-tro-thanh-ung-cu-vien-vo-dich-so-3-20251114120015379.htm