Thai Dai Van Nguyen

Thai Dai Van Nguyen (born 12 December 2001) is a Czech chess Grandmaster (2018) of Vietnamese descent.

Thai Dai Van Nguyen
Thai Dai Van Nguyen in 2019
CountryCzech Republic
Born (2001-12-12) 12 December 2001
Prague, Czech Republic
TitleGrandmaster (GM) (2018)
FIDE rating2569 (August 2020)

Biography

Thai Dai Van Nguyen's father is a Vietnamese businessman.[1]

In 2011, Thai Dai Van Nguyen won the Czech Youth Chess Championship in the U10 age group.[2] After that, he twice in a row won the Czech Youth Chess Championship in the U12 age group (2012, 2013).[3][4]

He participated in the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in the different age groups. Best result - in 2019, in Bratislava Thai Dai Van Nguyen won the European Youth Chess Championship in the O18 age group.[5]

In 2017, he participated in the Budapest International Chess Tournaments First Saturday, where he won twice.[6][7]

In 2016, Thai Dai Van Nguyen was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title[8] and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title two years later.[9] At just 16, Thai Dai Van Nguyen became the youngest chess grandmaster in the Czech Republic.

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References
  1. "Youngest chess grandmaster on his biggest victory and the secret to success | Radio Prague". radio.cz. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  2. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Mistrovstvi CR mladeze 2011 - H10". chess-results.com.
  3. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - MČR mládeže - H12". chess-results.com.
  4. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Kategorie H12". chess-results.com.
  5. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Youth Chess Championships 2019 Open U18". chess-results.com.
  6. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - First Saturday GM August 2017". chess-results.com.
  7. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - First saturday GM December 2017". chess-results.com.
  8. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
  9. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.


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