Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son
2008
Full name Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn
Country Vietnam
Born (1990-02-23) 23 February 1990
Rach Soi, Rach Gia, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2620 (October 2018)
Peak rating 2665 (November 2011)

Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn ([ŋʷiəŋ˨˦ ŋawʔk͡p̚˨ˀ˧ʔ ʈɨ̞̠əŋ˨˩ ʂəːŋ˧˥]; born 23 February 1990) is a Vietnamese chess player. He is the youngest Vietnamese ever to become a Grandmaster,[1] and one of the youngest grandmasters in the history of the game, having qualified for the title at the age of fourteen.[2]

Chess career

Nguyễn learnt to play chess at the age of 3. He won the gold medal at the World Under-10 Championship in 2000.

In 2006 Nguyễn won the Asian Junior (Under-20) Chess Championship in New Dehli, on tiebreak over Shiyam Sundar after they both finished on 7/9 points.[3][4]

In August 2014, he, Lê Quang Liêm, and other Vietnamese chess players participated in 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway. With +7=3-0 result, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son won the gold medal on Board Two thanks to his rating performance of 2843.[5][6]

He repeats this feat at the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia. Playing board 2, he again won the gold medal with an identical score of +7=3-0 for 8.5/10 and an Elo rating performance of 2804.[7]

Career highlights

  • 1999: Bronze medal, Asia U-10 Chess Championship
  • 2000: Gold medal, World U-10 Chess Championship. Second place, Vietnam's 'athlete of the year'
  • 2001: Gold medalist at the Asia U-12 Chess Championship
  • September 2002: awarded International Master title
  • December 2004: awarded International Grandmaster title. Vietnam’s 'athlete of the year'
  • December 2005: Individual Rapid and Standard Chess Champion, South East Asia Games 23, Philippines.
  • February 2010: 5th place in the Aeroflot Open
  • July 2010: 2nd place in the Biel Chess Festival
  • June 2013: 4th place in World Blitz championship
  • March 2014: Winner of 4th HD Bank Cup (7/9, +5 =4)
  • August 2014: Board 2 Gold medal (8.5/10, +7 =3), achieving a performance rating of 2843 in the 41st Chess Olympiad.
  • September 2017: competed at Chess World Cup
  • September 2018: Board 2 Gold medal (8.5/10, +7 =3), achieving a performance rating of 2804 in the 43rd Chess Olympiad.

Personal life

In April 2015, he married compatriot International Master Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Int'l chess youth prodigy touches gold for Vietnam". Voice of Vietnam News. Archived from the original on 2005-03-23. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "The world's second-youngest grandmaster". ChessBase. 2004-12-19. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son". Chess Network Company. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Vietnamese takes Asia junior chess champs". Viet Nam News. 2006-11-16. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Vietnam team result
  6. ↑ Tromso Final report from Chessbase
  7. ↑ Batumi winners
  8. ↑ Cặp đôi làng cờ Trường Sơn - Thảo Nguyên nên duyên vợ chồng (Vietnamese) zing.vn


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