Truong Son will compete in the Cap D'Agde Rapid Chess tournament in
France from October 23-31.
The two top Vietnamese
grand masters will test their skills against formidable opponents,
including Russian giant Anatoly Karpov, Vasily Ivanchuk from Ukraine, Bu
Xiangzhi from China and Judith Polgar from Hungary.
Liem and Son will use the event as a warm up for the Asian Games in Guangzhou , China next month.
Liem, 19, has been in top form since finishing second at the
Sparkassen Chess Meeting that was held in Dortmund , Germany in
July.
He also won the Moscow Open in February.
Last year, the HCM City-born player broke into the world's top 20 FIDE
rankings, and was the only Vietnamese player to make the list of
leading male chess masters.
However, Son and Liem performed poorly at the Chess Olympiad last month.
Son, who became a Grand Master in March 1997 when he was 14 years old,
will face China 's Bu Xiangzhi, an arch rival, in the Cap D'Agde
tourney.
The match will be held next Friday.
After the tournament, the two top players will have a 10-day break before flying to Guangzhou for the Asian Games./.
