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Full name
  
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son

Title
  
Grandmaster

Role
  
Chess Player

Peak rating
  
2665

Country
  
Vietnam

Name
  
Nguyen Truong

FIDE rating
  
2662


Born
  
23 February 1990 (age 34) Rach Soi, Rach Gia, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam (
1990-02-23
)

AMAZING ROOK SACRIFICE!!! NEPOMNIACHTCHI VS NGUYEN NGOC TRUONG SON | WORLD BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP 2013


Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (born 23 February 1990 in Rach Soi, Rach Gia, Kien Giang Province) is a leading Vietnamese chess player. He is Vietnam's youngest Grandmaster ever, and one of the youngest grandmasters in the history of the game, having qualified for the title at the age of fourteen.

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Chess career

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Nguyễn learnt to play chess at the age of 3. He won the gold medal at the World Under-10 Championship in 2000.

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In 2006 Nguyễn won the Asian Junior (Under-20) Chess Championship in New Dehli, on tiebreak over Shiyam Sundar after they both finished on 7/9 points.

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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.

Career highlights

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  • 1999: Bronze medal, Asia U-10 Chess Championship
  • 2000: Gold medal, World U-10 Chess Championship. Second place, Vietnam's 'athlete of the year'
  • 2001: Gold medalist at the Asia U-12 Chess Championship
  • September 2002: awarded International Master title
  • December 2004: awarded International Grandmaster title. Vietnam’s 'athlete of the year'
  • December 2005: Individual Rapid and Standard Chess Champion, South East Asia Games 23, Philippines.
  • February 2010: 5th place in the Aeroflot Open
  • July 2010: 2nd place in the Biel Chess Festival
  • June 2013: 4th place in World Blitz championship
  • March 2014: Winner of 4th HD Bank Cup (7/9, +5 =4)
  • August 2014: Board 2 Gold medal (8.5/10, +7 =3), achieving a performance rating of 2843 in the 41st Chess Olympiad.

    • Personal life

    In April 2015, he married compatriot International Master Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên.


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    References

    Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn Wikipedia
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