Thai Dai Van Nguyen

Thai Dai Van Nguyen (born 12 December 2001) is a Czech chess grandmaster.

Van Nguyen
Thai Dai Van Nguyen in 2021
Full nameThai Dai Van Nguyen[lower-alpha 1]
CountryCzech Republic
Born (2001-12-12) 12 December 2001
Prague, Czech Republic
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2618 (October 2023)
Peak rating2659 (February 2023)
Peak rankingNo. 87 (February 2023)

Biography

Nguyen's father is a Vietnamese businessman.[3]

In 2011, Nguyen won the Czech Youth Chess Championship in the U10 age group.[4] After that, he twice in a row won the Czech Youth Chess Championship in the U12 age group (2012, 2013).[5][6]

In 2016, Nguyen was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title[7] and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title two years later.[8] At just 16, Nguyen became the youngest chess grandmaster in the Czech Republic.

In 2017, he participated in the Budapest International Chess Tournaments First Saturday, where he won twice.[9][10]

He participated in the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in the different age groups. Best result - in 2019, in Bratislava, Nguyen won the European Youth Chess Championship in the O18 age group.[11]

He played in Chess World Cup 2021, winning in the first round against Ádám Kozák but getting knocked out in the second round after losing against Andrey Esipenko.

Notes
  1. His first names are Thai Dai Van, but he introduces himself as Van.[1][2]

References
  1. Konopka, Michal. "Pár otázek Vanovi". Šachový svaz České republiky (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  2. Který sport by si Thai Dai Van Nguyen vybral, kdyby neexceloval v šachu?, Forbes, retrieved 2023-01-23
  3. "Youngest chess grandmaster on his biggest victory and the secret to success | Radio Prague". radio.cz. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  4. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Mistrovstvi CR mladeze 2011 - H10". chess-results.com.
  5. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - MČR mládeže - H12". chess-results.com.
  6. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Kategorie H12". chess-results.com.
  7. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
  8. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
  9. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - First Saturday GM August 2017". chess-results.com.
  10. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - First saturday GM December 2017". chess-results.com.
  11. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Youth Chess Championships 2019 Open U18". chess-results.com.


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