Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son
Encyclopedia
Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn is a leading Vietnam
ese chess
player. After learning chess at the age of 3, he won the gold medal at the world under 10 championship in 2000. He is Vietnam's youngest Grandmaster
ever, and one of the youngest grandmasters in the history of the game. (See List of youngest grandmasters).
According to May 2010 FIDE rating list, he is second ranked among Vietnam
ese players with 2642 Elo rating.
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
ese chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player. After learning chess at the age of 3, he won the gold medal at the world under 10 championship in 2000. He is Vietnam's youngest Grandmaster
International Grandmaster
The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
ever, and one of the youngest grandmasters in the history of the game. (See List of youngest grandmasters).
According to May 2010 FIDE rating list, he is second ranked among Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
ese players with 2642 Elo rating.
Career highlights
- 1999: Bronze medal, Asia U-10 Chess Championship
- 2000: Gold medal, Asia U-10 Chess Championship. Gold medal, International U-10 Chess Championship. Second place, Vietnam's 'athlete of the year'
- 2001: Gold medalist at the Asia U-12 Chess Championship
- 2002: (September) Awarded International Master status
- 2004: (December) Awarded International Grandmaster status. First place, Vietnam’s 'athlete of the year'
- 2005: (December) Individual Rapid and Standard Chess Champion, South East Asia Games 23, Philippines.
- 2006: (August) 7th place in Malaysian Open 2006.
- 2010: (February) 5th place in Aeroflot Open 2010.
- 2010: (July) 2nd place in Biel Chess Festival 2010.