However, he lost his advantage after being outclassed by Boris Savchenko, Sergey Volkov, Andrei Deviatkinlkov of Russia and Igor Glek of Germany.
Liem got a total of 10.5 points in 18 games, with nine wins, three draws, and six losses, ranking 62nd.
First three positions went to Ian Nepomniachtchi (15.5 points), Peter Svidler (14.5 points) and Alexander Grischuk (14 points), all of them are Russians.
As many as 275 players from around the globe took part in the Blitz competition in just one day on February 14.
On February 15, 32 players are competing in the rapid chess category’s knock-out round.
