Young Lions of Chess Dominates Aerofloat Open in Russia

The young guns in chess have their guns a blazing as their cusp for greatness come to fore as they dominated the ninth edition of Aerofloat Open in Moscow, Russia which is one of the strongest chess tournament in the world.

Teenager Viet bet in GM Le Quang Liem bested a field that boasts of 73 Grandmasters and 7 International Masters by scoring 7 points in nine rounds to become this year’s champion. The 19-year old Quang Liem  also won the the trophy in similarly tough Moscow Open.  Another young stalwart in chess, Anton Korobov checked in at a decent third place with 6.5 points, folowed by Nguyen Ngoc Troung Son (Vietnam), Zhou Jianchao (China) and Russians Alexander Motylev and Boris Grachiev.

Filipino chess sensation won the trophy as the best junior in the tournament.