Impressive moment when Le Quang Liem defeated the Chinese 'chess king'

Early this morning (September 17) in Hungary, the Vietnamese chess team continued to create surprises at the World Team Chess Championship when they held the powerful Chinese team to a draw. The most impressive of which was Le Quang Liem's ​​victory over the reigning world champion - chess king Ding Liren. The moments at the end of this key match were impressively shared by FIDE on its homepage.

The tense situation in the endgame when the game is balanced and Le Quang Liem has the advantage in time over the reigning world champion Ding Liren (China). Liem is considering the decisive moves to finish off his opponent while Ding Liren is also in a state of tension.

Le Quang Liem (right) with an important move in the endgame, making the reigning world champion Ding Liren and fans nervous as they watched the highlight match of round 6 of the Chess Olympiad.

The Chinese chess player was likened to a chess king who covered his face in a situation where he was "suffocated" by Vietnam's number 1 chess player Le Quang Liem at the end of the game.

World champion Ding Liren had to "scratch his head" when Le Quang Liem pressured him and took the upper hand in the endgame. This was a decisive moment because Le Quang Liem needed to win to help the Vietnamese chess team draw with the Chinese team. Meanwhile, Ding Liren only needed to draw with Quang Liem to bring the overall victory to his team.

At this time, Chinese player Ding Liren seemed to have no way out when Le Quang Liem created a clear advantage.

Ding Liren sighed and put down the chess, accepting defeat against Le Quang Liem after 62 moves of mind-boggling battle. Vietnamese chess fans were happy and proud with the performance of player Le Quang Liem and his teammates at Olympiad 2024.

Drawing 2-2 with China, the Vietnamese chess team ranked second after 6 games and is looking forward to the 7th game against the Iranian team.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/an-tuong-khoanh-khac-le-quang-liem-danh-bai-vua-co-nguoi-trung-quoc-18524091705161739.htm