Le Quang Liem Wins HDBank Chess Open 2015

Le Quang Liem has double his success on this month's tournament by winning yet again HDBank Cup Chess Open tournament 2015. This is after he successfully dominate the Asian Zone 3.3 tournament that happened right before this event.

HDBank Chess Open was joined by many grandmaster, top seed is GM Li Chao followed by Le Quang Liem, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Zhang Zhong and many others such as Eugenio Torre. After nine rounds, Le Quang Liem is the sole winner with 7.5/9. 2nd place is Zhang Zhong from Singapore with 7/9. Li Chao only finished third, because of his two last round losses.

HDBank Chess 2015 - Final Standings
1 Le Quang Liem 7.5
2 Zhang Zhong 7
3 Li Chao 6.5
4 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 6.5
5 Pascua Haridas 6.5
6 Gomez John Paul 6.5
7 Nguyen Duc Hoa 6
8 Torre Eugenio 6
9 Le Kieu Thien Kim 6
10 Dao Thien Hai  5.5

full results

HDBank Cup International Open Chess Touranment 2015 - winners Le Quang Liem, Zhang Zhong and Li Chao - Vietnam - Gallery of Photos from official website

Turnament catur terbuka di Vietnam yaitu HDBank Open Chess Tournament 2015 berlangsung tepat setelah turnamen Asian Zone 3.3 selesai. Beberapa pecatur yang mengikuti zone 3.3 ini juga melanjutkan main caturnya di turnamen ini. Unggulan teratas sekarang adalah pecatur top dari China, GM Li Chao. Disusul Le Quang Liem yang barusan memenangkan Asian Zone 3.3 tersebut. Hasil dari turnamen ini seteleah 9 babak adalah dimenangkan oleh Le Quang Liem, lagi. Lihat urutan ranking final standings di atas.

Di turnamen ini pecatur Indonesia FM Pitra Andika juga turun. Pitra memulai turnamen dengan hasil lumayan kuat, menang 3 kali di 3 ronde awal. Baru setelah bertemu grandmaster seperti Li Chao dan Eugenio Torre, Pitra kehabisan akal dan musti menyerah. Hasil akhir Pitra Andika adalah 5/9 dan berada di papan tengah final standings. Berikut salah satu partai catur kemenangan Pitra Andika di turnamen HDBank 2015 di Vietnam ini.

IM Viacheslav Diu vs FM Pitra Andika, 0-1 HDBank 2015