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Nguyen Minh
🇻🇳FIDE 12430480· Male· Vietnam· Born in 2014
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Nguyen Minh, a 12-year-old Vietnamese player, is rated 1917 — just 19 short of his peak of 1936 (Aug 2025, age 11) and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide under 12. He is rising rapidly, having gained +107 Elo over the past 12 months. 67 rated games in the past year (≈60/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Vietnam Chess Championships 2026 - Standard Open, 1st Ninh Binh FM chess tournament 2025 - above 1600, and 27th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2025 - U12. Also played 7 rapid (including Vietnam Chess Championships 2026 - Rapid Open) and 7 blitz events (including Vietnam Chess Championships 2026 - Blitz Open) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #43 in U8 and #3 and #1 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
1917
Standard
Rpd1907·Blz1956
All-time high
1936
−19 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 11
Aug 2025 · age 11
Activity
67
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
67 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#332 · players worldwide under 12 · of 14,096
Career timeline
10 entries2025
All-time peak 1936
at age 11 · −19 from today
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 11
Jul 2025
3rd Vietnamese U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1910
Feb 2025
Best 12-month gain (+495 Elo)
1415 → 1910
Feb 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 11
Feb 2025
2024
1st Vietnamese U10 player
at age 10 · rated 1822
Jul 2024
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+140
1777 → 1917
Tournaments
8
67 games
Score
40.5/ 6760.4%
32W17D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsLe Duong Quoc Binh1,573·National Youth Chess Elite Championship 2025 - Standard Open U11·R1·-35.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/9 | #27 | 1925 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/7 | #2 | 1991 | +41.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/9 | #21 | 1842 | -12.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #38 | 1812 | -50.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #3 | 1882 | +24.3 |
Rankings
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Vietnam
#154
out of 1,913 players
Asia-Pacific
#5,235
in continent
World
#44,048
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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