Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn Explained
| Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Birth Date: | 23 February 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Rach Soi, Rach Gia, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam |
| Grandmaster (2005) |
| Peakrating: | 2665 (November 2011) |
| Peakranking: | No. 77 (June 2015) |
| Fideid: | 12401110 |
Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (in Vietnamese pronounced as /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]
Chess career
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]
Career highlights
- 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.
- June 2013: 5th 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.
- September 2017: competed at Chess World Cup.
- September 2018: Board 2 Gold medal (8.5/10, +7 =3), achieving a performance rating of 2804 in the 43rd Chess Olympiad.
- June 2023: 3rd place in the Olympic Esports Series.
Personal life
In April 2015, he married compatriot International Master Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên.[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: Voice of Vietnam News . 11 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050323202149/http://www.vov.org.vn/2005_02_08/english/baituan/nhanvatvasukien.htm . Int'l chess youth prodigy touches gold for Vietnam . 2005-03-23.
- Web site: The world's second-youngest grandmaster . ChessBase . 9 November 2015 . 2004-12-19.
- Web site: TWIC 312: World Youth Championships Oropesa del Mar . Crowther . Mark . 2000-10-30 . 2020-08-07 . The Week in Chess.
- Web site: Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son . Chess Network Company . 9 November 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160407200350/http://www.chessnc.com/biography/person-309.html . 7 April 2016.
- Web site: Vietnamese takes Asia junior chess champs . Viet Nam News . 9 November 2015 . 2006-11-16.
- Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open. chess-results.com.
- Web site: Tromso Final. August 14, 2014. Chess News.
- Web site: Chess Olympiad: Celebrating The Winners. Peter. Doggers (PeterDoggers). Chess.com. 7 October 2018 .
- http://news.zing.vn/Cap-doi-lang-co-Truong-Son--Thao-Nguyen-nen-duyen-vo-chong-post527301.html Cặp đôi làng cờ Trường Sơn - Thảo Nguyên nên duyên vợ chồng
