Van Nguyen
Thai Dai Van Nguyen in 2023
Full nameThai Dai Van Nguyen[lower-alpha 1]
CountryCzech Republic
Born (2001-12-12) 12 December 2001
Prague, Czech Republic
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2632 (December 2023)
Peak rating2659 (February 2023)
Peak rankingNo. 87 (February 2023)

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

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. 21 March 2019. 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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