GM Le Quang Liem, SPICE Cup 2011 champion, 2-time winner of the Aeroflot Open, the #1 player in Vietnam, and former #1 junior in the world, will join the SPICE program at Webster University in St. Louis in the Fall of 2013.
VietNamNet Bridge – Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has been awarded a four-year scholarship at Webster University in the US, a worldwide institution.
Liem is the first Vietnamese person to receive a scholarship (approximately $140,000 value) to develop his academic studies thanks to his outstanding achievements in chess.
Liem said he might choose to study finance and banking, which is also his major at Sai Gon University.
GM Le Quang Liem with Webster University President Dr. Beth Stroble and Susan Polgar
