Vietnam's leading chess player Le Quang Liem was defeated by World No.1 Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of the 2024 Chess Olympiad, which took place on the early morning of September 20.

Chess Olympiad regulations stipulate that if a player is not at the playing hall within 15 minutes of the round starting — known as the default time — they will be forced to default the game.

Norway’s Magnus Carlsen played his first game of the ongoing Chess Olympiad on Friday and yet the World No. 1 could have lost against Roberto Garcia Pantoja even without taking the board.

World No 1 Magnus Carlsen narrowly avoided forfeiting his third-round game against Roberto Garcia Pantoja at the Chess Olympiad due to a late arrival.

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