VietNam Culture: FIDE

Sunday, November 28, 2010

World Chess Federation president visits Vietnam

The President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov,
who is on a working visit to Vietnam , was warmly received by President
Nguyen Minh Triet in Hanoi on Nov. 28.

At the
reception, President Triet congratulated Ilyumzhinov on his reelection
to the post of president of the FIDE and hailed FIDE’s orientations
for its next tenure, with support given to developing countries. He
expressed his hope that FIDE would continue to help Vietnam in
training chess players.

President Triet also thanked
Ilyumzhinov, former President of the Republic of Kalmykia , for his
help to boost the construction of a “ Vietnam village” in Kalmykia, a
Russian republic on the Caspian Sea , saying the project helped deepen
two countries’ friendship and cooperation.

For his
part, Ilyumzhinov affirmed his commitments to further support Vietnam
on chess development as well as the construction of the “ Vietnam
village” and create favourable conditions for Vietnamese guest workers
to work in Kalmykia.

Ilyumzhinov has been president of FIDE since 1995./.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Quang Liem jumps to 41st place in FIDE ranking

Le Quang Liem

Photo: Tuoi Tre

Vietnamese chess ace, grandmaster Le Quang Liem has made yet one more stride in his chess career as he jumped to the 41st spot on the September ranking of the world chess federation (FIDE) -- his highest ever placement.

The 19-year-old player, now with Elo ratings of 2,694, climbed up from 55th in the July ranking table after winning a silver medal at the category-20 Sparkassen Chess-Meeting tournament in Dortmund, Germany in late July.

In February this year, he had jumped to the 42nd place after winning the Aeroflot Open title in Moscow, but then slipped back down to 55th.

At the nine-day Frorencio Campomanes Memorial Cup in the Philippines that wrapped up Saturday, Liem and Zhao Jun of China shared the top prize each grabbing 7 points after nine rounds.

Each of them also won a cash prize of US$9,500 for the championship title.

“My target now is to reach the top 30 on FIDE rankings, meaning I need to earn an Elo ratings of at least 2,710,” Liem told Tuoi Tre.

“I will join the Vietnamese national team to compete at the (World Chess) Olympiad in Russia (from September 23 to October 4) and take part in the Asian Olympic Games in China in November,” he added.

Five top players on the September FIDE rankings include Magnus Carlsen of Norway with Elo ratings of 2,826; Bulgaria’s Veseling Topalov (2,803); India’s Viswanathang Anand (2,800); Armenia’s Levong Aronian (2,783); and Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik (2,780).

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