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Nguyen, Thai Dai Van
GM🇨🇿FIDE 358878· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 2001
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Thai Dai Van Nguyen, a 25-year-old Czech Grandmaster, is rated 2633 and ranked 1st among Czech players, and 98th worldwide. He has slipped back 41 Elo over the past 12 months. 37 rated games in the past year (≈88/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Extraliga 2025-2026 r9-11, Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Masters, and FIDE World Cup 2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including FIDE World Cup 2025 Rapid TB) recently. His peak of 2677 was reached at age 24 (Mar 2025, World #46 at the time); he has been in the world top 100 for 33 months and counting (2 consecutive years on his current run).
Awarded GM in 2018 (age 17), IM in 2016 (age 15), FM in 2015 (age 14), and CM in 2014 (age 13). At junior level, he reached World #7 in U20, World #8 in U18, World #9 in U16, World #7 in U14, World #8 in U12 and World #55 in U10.
Current rating
2633
Standard
Rpd2516·Blz2563
All-time high
2677
−44 pts below
Mar 2025 · age 24
Mar 2025 · age 24
Activity
65
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
37 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#1
#1 · Czech players · of 5,624
World top 100 since Apr 2024
World top 100 since Apr 2024
Career timeline
27 entries2026
33 months in world top 100 (ongoing)
longest streak 26 months · since Dec 2022
May 2026
2025
Peak World rank: #46
at age 24 · rated 2677
Mar 2025
All-time peak 2677
at age 24 · −44 from today
Mar 2025
2024
Peak Czech rank: #1
at age 23 · rated 2673
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 2650
at age 23
Oct 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2650
at age 22
Jun 2023
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-41
2674 → 2633
Tournaments
7
37 games
Score
15/ 3740.5%
3W24D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #82 | 2533 | -1.4 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 3/13 | #14 | 2519 | -22.1 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #20 | 2611 | -0.6 |
Knockout | Nov 2025 | 2.5/4 | R128 | 2734 | +4.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/8 | #138 | 2554 | -12.3 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1.5/2 | #17 | 2828 | +4.4 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 3/7 | #35 | 2532 | -13.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDavid NavaraGM
🇨🇿CZE·2624
+1 −7 =8
16 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsAndrey EsipenkoGM
🇷🇺RUS·2684
+0 −4 =9
13 games·last met May 2023
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vsJiri StocekGM
🇨🇿CZE·2500
+1 −5 =6
12 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsNigel D ShortGM
🇬🇧ENG·2594
+2 −1 =8
11 games·last met Oct 2020
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vsJan KrejciGM
🇨🇿CZE·2495
+1 −3 =6
10 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
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Czech Republic
#1
out of 6,368 players
Europe
#46
in continent
World
#98
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Czech Republic
| 1 | 2,633 | |
| 2 | 🇨🇿Follow David NavaraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,624 |
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| 5 | 🇨🇿Follow Zbynek HracekTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,525 |
| 6 | 🇨🇿Follow Tadeas KriebelTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,524 |
| 7 | 🇨🇿Follow Stepan ZilkaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,516 |
| 8 | 🇨🇿Follow Jan BernasekTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,501 |
| 9 | 🇨🇿Follow Jiri StocekTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,500 |
| 10 | 🇨🇿Follow Jan KrejciTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,495 |
Europe
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,840 |
| 2 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
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| 46 | 2,633 | |
World
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| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
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| 6 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,759 |
| 7 | 🇫🇷Follow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,759 |
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| 98 | 2,633 | |