Viet Nam Youth chess championships 2025 - Standard Open U7
18 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Jun 2025 to 25 Jun 2025 in Ninh Binh, Vietnam. Top 10 Elo average was 1325, and top seed was Do Quang Hieu (🇻🇳 VIE, 1532).
Le Hung Manh (🇻🇳 VIE, 0) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Nguyen Tran Gia Vuong (6.5) and Le Pham Tien Minh (6.5). Manh shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Mai Thanh Minh (1420) beat Do Quang Hieu (1532), a +112-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsLe Hung Manh led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.
Le Hung Manh takes the sole lead (7.0/9).
Le Hung Manh lost to Le Pham Tien Minh (Black).
Le Hung Manh 4 wins (R1–R4)Le Pham Tien Minh 5 wins (R1–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Le Hung Manh | * | 0 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Le Pham Tien Minh | 1 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Nguyen Tran Gia Vuong | ½ | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Ngo Quang Minh | 0 | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Hung Manh | 0 | VIE | +7N | +12B | +4B | +14N | −3N | =5B | =2B | +8N | +6N | 7.0 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 33.75 | 1522 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Nguyen Tran Gia Vuong | 1516 | VIE | +12N | +9B | −3N | −5B | +15N | +6B | =1N | +4N | +11B | 6.5 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 30.00 | 1547 | +2.8 |
| 3 | Le Pham Tien Minh | 1439 | VIE | +17N | +5B | +2B | +11N | +1B | =4N | =8N | −6B | =12N | 6.5 | 43.0 | 45.5 | 33.25 | 1850 | +76.4 |
| 4 | Ngo Quang Minh | 1462 | VIE | +13N | +6B | −1N | +16B | =5N | =3B | +14N | −2B | +9N | 6.0 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 25.25 | 1584 | +32.8 |
| 5 | Truong Phuc Nhat Nguyen | 1504 | VIE | +8B | −3N | +14B | +2N | =4B | =1N | −11B | +12B | +15N | 6.0 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 27.50 | 1479 | -6.8 |
| 6 | Hoang Quang Phuc | 0 | VIE | +11B | −4N | =16N | +9B | =8B | −2N | +7B | +3N | −1B | 5.0 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 23.75 | 1524 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Pham Minh Quan | 1526 | VIE | −1B | =18N | −17B | +10N | =16B | +9B | −6N | +14B | +8N | 5.0 | 34.0 | 36.5 | 19.25 | 1696 | +22.8 |
| 8 | Bui Minh Khoi | 0 | VIE | −5N | +15B | =9N | +13B | =6N | +11N | =3B | −1B | −7B | 4.5 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 18.50 | 1413 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Mai Thanh Minh | 1420 | VIE | +10B | −2N | =8B | −6N | +18B | −7N | +13B | +11N | −4B | 4.5 | 39.0 | 41.5 | 16.75 | 1327 | -18.4 |
| 10 | Nguyen Anh Dung | 0 | VIE | −9N | −13B | +12N | −7B | +17N | −14B | =15N | +18B | +16N | 4.5 | 28.5 | 31.0 | 13.50 | 1257 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Do Quang Hieu | 1532 | VIE | −6N | +17B | +13N | −3B | +14N | −8B | +5N | −9B | −2N | 4.0 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 15.00 | 1389 | -39.2 |
| 12 | Nguyen Minh Nhat | 0 | VIE | −2B | −1N | −10B | =18N | +13N | +17B | +16B | −5N | =3B | 4.0 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 13.50 | 1395 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Tran Khoi Nguyen | 0 | VIE | −4B | +10N | −11B | −8N | −12B | +18N | −9N | =15B | +17N | 3.5 | 33.0 | 35.5 | 11.00 | 678 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Pham Thien Phu | 1404 | VIE | +15N | +16B | −5N | −1B | −11B | +10N | −4B | −7N | −18N | 3.0 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 10.50 | 1258 | -34.4 |
| 15 | Nguyen Minh Nguyen | 0 | VIE | −14B | −8N | +18B | +17N | −2B | −16N | =10B | =13N | −5B | 3.0 | 33.5 | 36.0 | 9.00 | 673 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Nguyen Van Bao Tri | 1446 | VIE | +18B | −14N | =6B | −4N | =7N | +15B | −12N | −17B | −10B | 3.0 | 33.0 | 35.5 | 10.50 | 1198 | -36.0 |
| 17 | Tran Duc Cuong | 0 | VIE | −3B | −11N | +7N | −15B | −10B | −12N | =18B | +16N | −13B | 2.5 | 33.5 | 36.0 | 9.25 | 1487 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Nguyen Hoang Bach | 0 | VIE | −16N | =7B | −15N | =12B | −9N | −13B | =17N | −10N | +14B | 2.5 | 30.5 | 33.0 | 8.75 | 1363 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Le Pham Tien MinhVIE+76.46.5 pts · #4
- 2Ngo Quang MinhVIE+32.86.0 pts · #3
- 3Pham Minh QuanVIE+22.85.0 pts · #7
- 1Do Quang HieuVIE-39.24.0 pts · #10
- 2Nguyen Van Bao TriVIE-36.03.0 pts · #16
- 3Pham Thien PhuVIE-34.43.0 pts · #14
- R8+112 Elo gap