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Nguyen, Thai Son
CM🇻🇳FIDE 12415642· Male· Vietnam· Born in 2009
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Thai Son Nguyen, a 17-year-old Vietnamese Candidate Master, is rated 2001 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +180 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent appearances: National Youth Chess Elite Championship 2025 - Standard Open U17 and Viet Nam Youth chess championships 2025 - Standard Open U17. Also played 7 rapid (including Vietnam Elite Chess Championships 2025 - Open Rapid) and 6 blitz events (including Vietnam Elite Chess Championships 2025 - Open Blitz) recently. He took a 47-month break between Jul 2019 and Jul 2023 (COVID-19 included). He reached Vietnamese #88 in Sep 2025.
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #70 in U8 and #12, #9, #11, #9 and #5 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2001
Standard
Rpd2072·Blz2001
All-time high
2001
at best
Sep 2025 · age 16
Sep 2025 · age 16
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#27,349
#27,349 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
12th Vietnamese U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2000
Jan 2026
2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 16
Oct 2025
Peak Vietnamese rank: #88
at age 16 · rated 2001
Sep 2025
All-time peak 2001
at age 16
Sep 2025
9th Vietnamese U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2000
Aug 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 16
Aug 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
National Youth Chess Elite Championship 2025 - Standard Open U17perf 2194 (+194) · 7.5/9 · #1
Top opponent
Evolution
+149
1852 → 2001
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
12.5/ 1869.4%
9W7D2L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsTruong Phu Pham1,990·National Youth Chess Elite Championship 2025 - Standard Open U17·R4·+19.4
3.[W]vsLe Minh Hoang Huynh1,969·National Youth Chess Elite Championship 2025 - Standard Open U17·R7·+18.2
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2194 | +148.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/9 | #11 | 1879 | +31.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTran Ngoc Minh DuyFM
🇻🇳VIE·2262
+4 −8 =5
17 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsLe Minh Bao HoangCM
🇻🇳VIE·1866
+9 −2 =6
17 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsLe Minh Hoang Huynh
🇻🇳VIE·1968
+2 −3 =5
10 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsHa Thi Hai Nguyen
🇻🇳VIE·2116
+1 −4 =4
9 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsDang Anh MinhFM
🇻🇳VIE·2211
+3 −1 =4
8 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
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Vietnam
#92
out of 2,028 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,405
in continent
World
#27,349
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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