Super Grandmaster Le Quang Liem joins Team Flash

The cooperation deal of the century between Super Grandmaster Le Quang Liem and Team Flash not only elevates the career of Vietnam’s number one player, but also demonstrates an inevitable trend: Top chess and professional Esports are merging into one.

The historic handshake between Super Grandmaster Le Quang Liem and Team Flash

Recently, the Vietnamese chess e-sports industry witnessed a shocking handshake when Super Grandmaster Le Quang Liem will officially appear at the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 world arena wearing the Team Flash shirt. For a long time, Le Quang Liem has been considered the top chess player in the country and in Southeast Asia. Currently, he is ranked 14th in the world, and has just returned to the professional playing environment after finishing his job as a Chess Coach at Webster University, USA at the end of April.

Meanwhile, Team Flash is one of the leading Esports organizations in Vietnam, with a professional operating environment and great ambitions in the international arena. In the context of chess gradually becoming a part of the global Esports ecosystem, owning a high-class player like Super Grandmaster Le Quang Liem clearly demonstrates the direction to expand the country’s e-sports development model. This will help Team Flash have the opportunity to be present in new playgrounds, reach audiences who love intellectual sports, thereby realizing the organization’s long-term vision.

Team Flash’s serious investment in chess Esports

With the “shot” named Le Quang Liem, Team Flash hopes to promote a generation of young, dynamic audiences to gain more access to intellectual sports like chess. The upcoming journey at EWC 2026 can be seen as the first step to affirm the competitiveness of an Esports organization in Vietnam on world-class playgrounds.

As for Liem personally, this is not only an opportunity for him to continue representing his country’s e-sports, but also to experience a new atmosphere. Unlike traditional chess tournaments that often take place in absolute silence, e-sports is where the audience is free to cheer and cheer passionately. This certainly creates pressure for the players, and is also a catalyst for Liem to conquer new heights, contributing to realizing the spirit of “Making Gamers Heroes” – Turning players into heroes; which in this story has expanded with the perspective of “Unlimited intelligence, Hero in every arena”. Whether on a traditional wooden chess board or an electronic screen, top efforts and outstanding thinking deserve to be honored as true heroes.

At the upcoming EWC 2026, the opponent that Le Quang Liem most wants to face is definitely “King of Chess” Magnus Carlsen. The history of confrontation between the two players has always been a tense, tense and emotional game. The beautiful memory of overcoming Carlsen at the Oslo Esports 2022 tournament is the motivation for him to confidently look forward to the next rematch at this world arena.

Facing the fierce challenges ahead, the number 1 player in Vietnam reminded: “The cooperation between me and Team Flash is a milestone and very meaningful step, where both sides can resonate their strengths, support and create new values ​​for each other. I hope the domestic audience will accompany, encourage and cheer hard for me and the Team Flash players at EWC. We will compete with more than 100% performance to bring Vietnamese intelligence to affirm its position on the world map.”

In the near future, besides the EWC 2026 tournament, Le Quang Liem will also represent Vietnam to compete at ASEAN Esports Chess Club 2026, taking place on June 13 in Bangkok, Thailand. The tournament brings together 16 of the world’s strongest players, including 11 representatives from Southeast Asia. In addition, he also plans many other major tournaments such as rapid chess tournaments, traditional blitz chess tournaments and mixed chess tournaments in Biel (Switzerland).