Quang Liem can win the Prague Masters championship early
Harry Krishna, holding the White Army, took the initiative to open the F-pillar and attack the middle fortress. But Guanglian brought Hou to the king's wing to defend the castle and threaten to fight back. The Indian player then had a Test but there was no way to win, so he had to go three constant moves and draw.
The drawing does not change the Elo of both, because their initial coefficients are the same. But this result is important when Harikrishna missed the chance to overtake Quang Liem's table. Through seven games, Quang Liem got five points, and Harikrishna ranked second with 4.5 points. Nguyen Thai Dai Van, Sam Shankland and David Navara are behind with four points.
Variable Vietnamese players could win Prague a round soon, the condition of winning the White Army to meet Vidit Gujhi in eight players, these two players met at the 11 board, the standard game, the, the four, and four games, wins, four games. But it's not good to be on the eighth grade with three points, but the eligible for the winner of the Winner is Harikrishna's not winning in arms with Saleh at eight rounds.
If Quang Liem wins and Harikrishna draws, Vietnamese players will monopolize the top of the standings by one point more than their behind rivals. Quang Liem's sub-index is much higher than those rivals because of his high loss score. Through seven rounds, he won three matches against Shankland, Navarra and Saleh.
Prague Masters gathered 10 players with an initial Elo on average 2,693, mostly Super Great Lords or approaching 2,700 landmarks. The prize fund was not published, but it fell in a few tens of thousands of dollars for the champion. This tournament has the highest quality, belonging to the Prague chess festival. In addition, the festival also has the Challengers group, with an average Elo of 2,608, of which two U18 Vincent Keymer and Nodirbek Abdusattorov are leading. Keymer and Abdusattorov will be the opponent of Quang Liem in the Biel, Switzerland in July 2022.
