Chess With Sam Collins

Le Quang Liem vs Jeffery Xiong

St Louis Summer A, Saint Louis, USA

The top Vietnamese GM, Le Quang Liem, recovered from a poor start to win the top group of the Saint Louis Summer Classic. In this game he prevailed over one of the best junior players in the US, who is already a very strong GM.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3

One of ...