Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Nguyễn, but is often simplified to Nguyen in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Trường Sơn.
Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn
Trường Sơn in 2016
CountryVietnam
Born (1990-02-23) 23 February 1990
Rach Soi, Rach Gia, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam
TitleGrandmaster (2005)
FIDE rating2600 (August 2025)
Peak rating2665 (November 2011)
Peak rankingNo. 77 (June 2015)

Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (born 23 February 1990) is a Vietnamese chess player. The second-best player in Vietnam, 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] He was honored as the Vietnamese "athlete of the year" in 2004.[4] 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] He won bronze in the Chess.com competition at the 2023 Olympic Esports Week.[9]

Personal life

In April 2015, he married compatriot International Master Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Int'l chess youth prodigy touches gold for Vietnam". Voice of Vietnam News. Archived from the original on 2005-03-23. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  2. ^ "The world's second-youngest grandmaster". ChessBase. 2004-12-19. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ^ Crowther, Mark (2000-10-30). "TWIC 312: World Youth Championships Oropesa del Mar". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  4. ^ a b "Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son". Chess Network Company. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Vietnamese takes Asia junior chess champs". Viet Nam News. 2006-11-16. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open". chess-results.com.
  7. ^ "Tromso Final". Chess News. August 14, 2014.
  8. ^ Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter (7 October 2018). "Chess Olympiad: Celebrating The Winners". Chess.com.
  9. ^ Olympics.com. "Chess.com — Olympic Esports Series". Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  10. ^ Cặp đôi làng cờ Trường Sơn - Thảo Nguyên nên duyên vợ chồng (Vietnamese) zing.vn
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