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Pham, Minh Hieu
🇻🇳FIDE 12417726· Male· Vietnam· Born in 2008
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Minh Hieu Pham, a 18-year-old Vietnamese player, is rated 1808. He is progressing steadily with +24 Elo over the past 12 months. 81 rated games in the past year (≈20/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Vietnam Chess Championships 2026 - Standard Open, 3rd An Giang Chess Tournament - Chess Star Cup 2026 - Championship Category, and 1st V-Chess Rated Standard Chess Tournament 2026. Also played 5 rapid (including Vietnam Elite Chess Championships 2025 - Open Rapid) and 6 blitz events (including Vietnam Chess Championships 2026 - Blitz Open) recently. He took a 67-month break between Dec 2017 and Aug 2023 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 1879 was reached at age 17 (Aug 2025).
At junior level, he reached #17, #28 and #16 nationally in U18, U16 and U10.
Current rating
1808
Standard
Rpd1770·Blz1881
All-time high
1879
−71 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 17
Aug 2025 · age 17
Activity
56
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
76 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#73,816
#73,816 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 18
Mar 2026
2025
17th Vietnamese U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1879
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 17
Aug 2025
All-time peak 1879
at age 17 · −71 from today
Aug 2025
100 career games
at age 17
Jul 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 17
May 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
3rd An Giang Chess Tournament - Chess Star Cup 2026 - Championship Categoryperf 2115 (+256) · 4/7 · #6
Top opponent
Evolution
+23
1785 → 1808
Tournaments
10
79 games
Score
43/ 7954.4%
31W24D24L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsTran Ngoc Minh DuyFM2,327·3rd An Giang Chess Tournament - Chess Star Cup 2026 - Championship Category·R1·+37.5
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsPham Tran Hoang Gia1,613·Viet Nam Youth chess championships 2025 - Standard Open U17·R2·-29.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/9 | #48 | 1778 | -52.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/7 | #6 | 2115 | +94.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #6 | 1841 | +26.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/6 | #18 | 1719 | -70.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2.5/7 | #43 | 1836 | -43.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/7 | #9 | 1881 | +25.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #45 | 1759 | -52.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #3 | 1978 | +93.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/9 | #12 | 1844 | +25.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTran Ngoc Minh DuyFM
🇻🇳VIE·2262
+1 −5 =5
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsLe Nhat Huy Nguyen
🇻🇳VIE·1842
+2 −4 =3
9 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsDang Khoa Tran Nguyen
🇻🇳VIE·1770
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsTran Thien Phuc
🇻🇳VIE·1761
+3 −0 =3
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsThai Son NguyenCM
🇻🇳VIE·2001
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Vietnam
#237
out of 2,028 players
Asia-Pacific
#8,990
in continent
World
#73,815
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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