Liem beats Garry Kasparov in US chess tourneyVietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem beat legendary chess player Garry Kasparov in the blitz category in the ongoing St Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament in the US on Thursday. — Photo tinmoi.vnLiem, who has an Elo rating of 2739, beat the Russian-Croatian former world chess champion (Elo 2812) after 31 moves in the fifth round. On August 16, he had lost to 54-year-old Kasparov in the rapid category. “I am very happy as I beat Kasparov although I held the black pawns,” Liem said after the match. Liem also defeated Fabiano Caruano of the US (Elo rating 2807) in the first round of the blitz category.

Source: VietNamNet News August 18, 2017 11:15 UTC