Nguyen Hoang Long

Nguyen Hoang Long, a 12-year-old Vietnamese player, is rated 1916 — just 20 short of his peak of 1936 (Oct 2024, age 10) and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide under 12. He is on a steady climb with +69 Elo over the past 12 months. 29 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include National Youth Chess Elite Championship 2025 - Standard Open U11, 4th Future Masters Cup 2025, and Viet Nam Youth chess championships 2025 - Standard Open U11. Also played 2 rapid (including National Youth Chess Elite Championship 2025 - Rapid Open U6-U13) and 2 blitz events (including National Youth Chess Elite Championship 2025 - Blitz Open U6-U13) recently.

At junior level, he reached World #43 in U10 and #2 nationally in U12.