Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn
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Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (born 23 February 1990) is a Vietnamese chess player. The second-best player in Vietnam, 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
Trường Sơn learned to play chess at the age of 3. He won a gold medal at the World Youth Championships in the Under 10 category in 2000.[3]
In 2006, Trường Sơn won the Asian Junior (under 20) Championship in New Delhi, on tiebreak over Shyam Sundar M. after they both finished on 7/9 points.[4][5]
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.[6][7]
He repeated 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.[8]
Career highlights
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- 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: 5th 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.
- June 2023: 3rd place in the Olympic Esports Series.
Personal life
In April 2015, he married compatriot International Master Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên.[9]
References
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- ↑ Cặp đôi làng cờ Trường Sơn - Thảo Nguyên nên duyên vợ chồng (Vietnamese) zing.vn
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External links
- Template:First word Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen rating card at FIDETemplate:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck
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- Ngoc Truongson Nguyen player profile and games at Chessgames.comTemplate:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Kiên Giang province
- Vietnamese chess players
- Chess Grandmasters
- World Youth Chess Champions
- Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Chess players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for Vietnam
- SEA Games medalists in chess
- SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam
- SEA Games silver medalists for Vietnam
- SEA Games bronze medalists for Vietnam
- Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games
- 21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen
- Chess Olympiad competitors
- 20th-century chess players
- 21st-century Vietnamese chess players