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Lai, Duc Minh

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FIDEFIDE 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 has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 11 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈3/year long-term). Recent appearance: 22nd Royal rated chess series 2025. He had 2 career breaks: 39 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 18 months (2023–2025). 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

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

3 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#41,676

#41,676 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

9 entries
2025
Best 12-month gain (+61 Elo)
1892 → 1953
Jun 2025
All-time peak 1953
at age 24 · −26 from today
Jun 2025
2023
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1820 → returned at 1953
Nov 2023
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

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Minh Nhat Nguyen 1,710
22nd Royal rated chess series 2025 · Jul 2025 · +8.9 Elo
Evolution
-26
1953 → 1927
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
5W2D2L
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsThanh Liem Nguyen1,942·22nd Royal rated chess series 2025·R5·-19.1

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
22nd Royal rated chess series 2025
Swiss
Jul 20256/3#132573-26.0
Worst Elo result: 22nd Royal rated chess series 2025 (-26.0 Elo, finished #13).

Rankings

/
Vietnam
#140
out of 2,028 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,924
in continent
World
#41,675
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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1
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7
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8
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9
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10
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1
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3
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9
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10
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World
1
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4
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6
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7
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