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Nguyen Cao Son
🇻🇳FIDE 12467260· Male· Vietnam· Born in 2010
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Nguyen Cao Son, a 16-year-old Vietnamese player, is rated 1653 — just 18 short of his peak of 1671 (Dec 2025, age 15). He has held steady between 1650 and 1700 for 11 months. 13 rated games in the past year. Recent appearances: 11th Future Masters Rating Series - April 2026 - Group B and 4th Future Masters Cup 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Viet Nam Youth chess championships 2025 - Rapid Open U15-U20) and 3 blitz events (including 10th Hanoi Blitz chess tournament January 2026) recently.
At junior level, he reached #48 nationally in U16.
Current rating
1653
Standard
Rpd1558·Blz1660
All-time high
1671
−18 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 15
Dec 2025 · age 15
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#127,077
#127,077 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
6 entries2026
48th Vietnamese U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1671
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 1671
at age 15 · −18 from today
Dec 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 15
Aug 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 15
Aug 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 15
Aug 2025
First FIDE rating
1669 · at age 15
Aug 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
—
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
8.5/ 1460.7%
6W5D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/6 | #7 | 1701 | -8.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/7 | #14 | 1586 | 0.0 |
Rankings
/
Vietnam
#479
out of 2,028 players
Asia-Pacific
#18,635
in continent
World
#127,071
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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