Nguyen, Thi Minh Thu

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.