Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem is likely to play for foreign teams to compete at international tournaments in the next few months.
Liem said that if nothing changes, he will join overseas clubs namely Bremen of Germany, Evry Grand Roque (France) and Qingdao Yucai (China), to compete in the French Chess League-Top 16 and the China Team Chess League Division A.
The 20-year-old along with his coach Minh Chau flied to Moscow on Tuesday to participate in the 2011 Aeroflot Open Tournament taking place on February 8-17.
He won the Aeroflot Open Tournament in 2010 and was awarded a cash prize of EUR20,000 (US$27,300).
Liem recently attended the Tata Steel Tournament held in the Netherlands, securing fourth place and receiving a cash award of EUR3,000 ($4,100).
This year, Liem will also take part in the World Chess Championships in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia from August 20 to September 15 and the 26th Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia in November.
He currently ranks 79th in the world with an ELO rating of 2,664, and sets a target to enter the world’s top 40 with an ELO rating of over 2,700 this year.
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