Nguyen ranks fifth at world chess tourneyVietNamNet Bridge – International Master Pham Le Thao Nguyen continued her good performance at the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Vietnamese masters Pham Le Thao Nguyen (right) and Le Quang Liem are competing with high performance at the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In the first match, Nguyen, who is the No 36 seed, made a bang when she beat two-time world champion, Stefanova Antoaneta of Bulgaria. The former world champion, Liem, has six points, two less than leading GM, Vladimir Fedoseev of Russia. The competitors will play five matches on the third and last day of the rapid chess event on December 28 before moving to the blitz chess tournament.

Source: VietNamNet News December 29, 2017 04:49 UTC