Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem

PANO – Vietnam’s top chess players Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son pocketed tickets to the second round of the on-going 2013 Chess World Cup in Tromso, Norway.

On August 13th, Liem defeated his Filipino rival Oliver Barbosa 2-0, while Son won over Vladimir Akopian (Armenia).

In the next games, Liem will take on Francisco Vallejo Pons from Spain, and Son will play with Dmitry Andreikin from Russia.

Translated by Viet Anh