Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong

Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong, a 23-year-old Vietnamese Woman International Master, is rated 2105 and ranked 8th among Vietnamese women, and in the top 7% worldwide. She has slipped back 98 Elo over the past 12 months. 52 rated games in the past year (≈31/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Vietnam Chess Championships 2026 - Standard Female, 16 th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2025 for Sakthi Group Dr.N.Mahalingam Trophy, and Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament (Category - A Above 2000). Also played 8 rapid (including Viet Nam Chess Club championship 2025 - Rapid Open Team) and 6 blitz events (including Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament - 2025 Category D (Blitz)) recently. Her peak of 2271 was reached at age 17 (Nov 2020); she also reached Vietnamese #19 in Sep 2020.

Awarded WIM in 2020 (age 17) and WFM in 2014 (age 11). Earned a WGM norm at Asian Girls Chess Championship 2022. At junior level, she reached #3, #1, #1, #1, #5 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.