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Nguyen, Thi Minh Thu
WFM🇻🇳FIDE 12406929· Female· Vietnam· Born in 2000
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Thi Minh Thu Nguyen, a 26-year-old Vietnamese Woman FIDE Master, is rated 1889. She is on a steady climb with +21 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent appearances: Vietnam Chess Championships 2026 - Standard Female and Vietnam Elite Chess Championships 2025 - Women Standard. Also played 2 rapid (including Vietnam Chess Championships 2026 - Rapid Female) and 2 blitz events (including Vietnam Elite Chess Championships 2025 - Women Blitz) recently. She had 4 career breaks: 20 months (2014–2016), 22 months (2021–2023), 12 months (2023–2024) and 12 months (2024–2025). Her peak of 1942 was reached at age 18 (Dec 2018); she also reached Vietnamese #53 in Oct 2020.
Awarded WFM in 2013 (age 13). At junior level, she reached #6, #5, #7, #13 and #10 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1889
Standard
Rpd1832·Blz1836
All-time high
1942
−53 pts below
Dec 2018 · age 18
Dec 2018 · age 18
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#50,821
#50,821 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1866 → returned at 1868
May 2024
2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1808 → returned at 1866
Apr 2023
2021
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1855 → returned at 1808
May 2021
2020
Peak Vietnamese rank: #53
at age 20 · rated 1873
Oct 2020
2019
6th Vietnamese U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1942
Jan 2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+21
1868 → 1889
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
10/ 1855.6%
6W8D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/8 | #25 | 1964 | -4.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #8 | 1960 | +24.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNguyen Hong AnhWIM
🇻🇳VIE·1999
+4 −3 =3
10 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsThi Van Anh DoanWFM
🇻🇳VIE·1975
+1 −4 =3
8 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsThi Mong Thu Tran
🇻🇳VIE·1908
+1 −3 =4
8 games·last met Mar 2021
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vsDong Khanh LinhWCM
🇻🇳VIE·1965
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsHong Ngoc NguyenWCM
🇻🇳VIE·1963
+0 −2 =6
8 games·last met Jun 2019
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Rankings
/
Vietnam
#169
out of 2,028 players
Asia-Pacific
#5,992
in continent
World
#50,820
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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