Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn | |
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Country | Vietnam |
Born | Rach Soi, Rach Gia, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam | 23 February 1990
Title | Grandmaster (2005) |
FIDE rating | 2633 (May 2024) |
Peak rating | 2665 (November 2011) |
Peak ranking | No. 77 (June 2015) |
Medal record |
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]
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]
In April 2015, he married compatriot International Master Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên. [9]
Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn | |
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Country | Vietnam |
Born | Rach Soi, Rach Gia, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam | 23 February 1990
Title | Grandmaster (2005) |
FIDE rating | 2633 (May 2024) |
Peak rating | 2665 (November 2011) |
Peak ranking | No. 77 (June 2015) |
Medal record |
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]
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]
In April 2015, he married compatriot International Master Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên. [9]