Thai Dai Van Nguyen
Thai Dai Van Nguyen | |
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Thai Dai Van Nguyen in 2021 | |
Country | Czech Republic |
Born | Prague, Czech Republic | 12 December 2001
Title | Grandmaster (GM) (2018) |
FIDE rating | 2613 (January 2022) |
Thai Dai Van Nguyen (born 12 December 2001) is a Czech chess Grandmaster of Vietnamese descent.
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]
In 2016, Thai Dai Van Nguyen was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title[5] and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title two years later.[6] At just 16, Thai Dai Van 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.[7][8]
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.[9]
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.
References[]
- ^ "Youngest chess grandmaster on his biggest victory and the secret to success | Radio Prague". radio.cz. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Mistrovstvi CR mladeze 2011 - H10". chess-results.com.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - MČR mládeže - H12". chess-results.com.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Kategorie H12". chess-results.com.
- ^ "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
- ^ "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - First Saturday GM August 2017". chess-results.com.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - First saturday GM December 2017". chess-results.com.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Youth Chess Championships 2019 Open U18". chess-results.com.
External links[]
- Thai Dai Van Nguyen player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Thai Dai Van Nguyen chess games at 365chess.com
- 2001 births
- Sportspeople from Prague
- Czech chess players
- Czech people of Vietnamese descent
- Chess grandmasters
- Living people
- Czech people stubs