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Lai, Duc Minh
🇻🇳FIDE 12403628· Male· Vietnam· Born in 2001
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Duc Minh Lai, a 25-year-old Vietnamese player, is rated 1927 — just 26 short of his peak of 1953 (Jun 2025, age 24). He is on a steady climb with +35 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent appearances: 22nd Royal rated chess series 2025 and 21th Royal rated chess series 2025. He had 2 career breaks: 39 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 14 months (2024–2025). He reached Vietnamese #54 in Oct 2020.
At junior level, he reached #8 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1927
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1953
−26 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 24
Jun 2025 · age 24
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#41,705
#41,705 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
9 entries2025
All-time peak 1953
at age 24 · −26 from today
Jun 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+72 Elo)
1820 → 1892
Nov 2024
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1892 → returned at 1953
Mar 2024
2020
Peak Vietnamese rank: #54
at age 19 · rated 1868
Oct 2020
8th Vietnamese U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1868
Oct 2020
Crossed 1800
at age 19
Feb 2020
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
-26
1953 → 1927
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
14/ 1877.8%
12W4D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/3 | #13 | 2573 | -26.0 |
Swiss | May 2025 | 8/7 | #1 | 2518 | +61.2 |
Rankings
/
Vietnam
#152
out of 1,913 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,948
in continent
World
#41,705
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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