According to the tournament’s organising board, Liem will compete against seven other talented chess players, including Magnus Carlsen of Norway, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, Anish Giri of the Netherlands, Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland, Jorden van Foreest of the Netherlands, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa of India, and Eric Hansen of Canada.

The event will see players go head-to-head in one four-game match a day for the course of seven days, with the winner being the player who accrues the most points, and cash, overall.

The US$210,000 tournament is scheduled to run from April 22 to April 28 and will be the third of nine elite-level events happening this season.

The overall Tour winner will be crowned as the world’s best online chess player.