Quang Liem lost to world number seven player in tie-break

Four quick games took place without either side gaining a major advantage, causing the two players to accept all four draws. They won and lost by tie-break of blitz, and Giri won in the first game when he held the white piece. The number one Dutch player got a good win in the middle, and better than the horse in the endgame, before winning after 62 moves. Quang Liem could not win the next white game, and accepted the final loss of 2.5-3.5 in six games.

Despite losing, Quang Liem still earned one point, corresponding to a reward of $2,500, and Giri received $5,000.

The remaining three pairs of matches were all won and lost without a tie-break. The second-placed player on the Tour, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, quickly beat Erigaisi Arjun 2.5-0.5 over three games. And Magnus Carlsen and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat Wesley So and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 2.5-1.5 respectively. Duda, Carlsen and Mamedyarov shared $7,500 with this win.

In the second test day from 3 am on 16/11, Hanoi time, Quang Liem met So with the advantage of holding the white piece in the first game. These two players used to compete for the number one young position in the world, or the number one in Southeast Asia, until So moved to the American league. So is currently the number eight player in the world, according to the standard chess Elo November 2022.

The remaining three matches are Giri - Praggnanandhaa, Mamedyarov - Duda and Erigaisi - Carlsen.

Champions Chess Tour is the world's largest online chess tournament system initiated by Carlsen. Tour 2022 has a bonus fund of 1.6 million USD, of which the final round has a total prize of 210,000 USD. Due to the order of prize money, Carlsen soon won the Champions Chess Tour when he was $55,000 more than second place Duda. The maximum bonus that a player can win from the final round is 52,500 USD.

Quang Liem is ranked fourth on the Tour with a prize money of 98,000 USD.