Viet Nam Youth chess championships 2025 - Standard Open U17
Open SwissStandard
36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Jun 2025 to 25 Jun 2025 in Ninh Binh, Vietnam. 6 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2025, and top seed was Dang Anh Minh (🇻🇳 VIE, FM, 2261).
Tran Ngoc Minh Duy (🇻🇳 VIE, FM, 2205) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Dang Anh Minh (7.5) and The Duc Doan (6.0). Duy shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Bui Tuan Kiet (1603) beat Do Thanh Dat (1893), a +290-point gap.
Location
🇻🇳Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Dates
21 Jun 2025 → 25 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 6
FM×3
CM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇻🇳Vietnam×36
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Duy takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.5).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
FM Tran Ngoc Minh Duy drew with FM Dang Anh Minh (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
FM Tran Ngoc Minh Duy 3 wins (R6–R8)FM Dang Anh Minh 3 wins (R6–R8)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMTran Ngoc Minh Duy | * | ½ | 1 | ½ |
| 2FMDang Anh Minh | ½ | * | — | 1 |
| 3Le Minh Hoang Huynh | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4The Duc Doan | ½ | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tran Ngoc Minh DuyFM | 2205 | VIE | +15B | =6N | +4B | +7N | =2B | +5N | +8B | +12N | =3B | 7.5 | 46.5 | 51.5 | 42.00 | 2220 | +12.5 |
| 2 | Dang Anh MinhFM | 2261 | VIE | +22N | +3B | =13N | +9B | =1N | +7B | +6N | +5B | =11N | 7.5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 40.75 | 2248 | +1.2 |
| 3 | Doan, The Duc | 1881 | VIE | +25B | −2N | +12B | =4N | −8B | +31N | +14B | +11B | =1N | 6.0 | 45.5 | 48.5 | 28.75 | 2058 | +79.6 |
| 4 | Huynh, Le Minh Hoang | 1927 | VIE | +27N | +34B | −1N | =3B | =22N | =11B | +17N | +8B | =5N | 6.0 | 41.5 | 43.5 | 25.75 | 2011 | +41.2 |
| 5 | Nguyen, Nam KietCM | 2062 | VIE | +17N | +19B | =7N | +13B | =6N | −1B | +10N | −2N | =4B | 5.5 | 47.0 | 51.5 | 28.00 | 2049 | -2.8 |
| 6 | Phan, Tran Bao Khang | 1896 | VIE | +24N | =1B | =10B | +27N | =5B | =14N | −2B | +23N | =7N | 5.5 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 26.00 | 1994 | +46.0 |
| 7 | Nguyen, Thanh Liem | 1910 | VIE | +29B | +33N | =5B | −1B | +13N | −2N | =15B | +22N | =6B | 5.5 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 23.50 | 1989 | +31.6 |
| 8 | Tran Dang Minh Duc | 1921 | VIE | =23N | +16B | =11N | =22B | +3N | +17B | −1N | −4N | +20B | 5.5 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 26.50 | 1925 | +6.4 |
| 9 | Nguyen, Ha Thi Hai | 1989 | VIE | +18B | =12N | +31B | −2N | =14B | =13N | =22B | =15N | +19B | 5.5 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 24.00 | 1938 | -21.2 |
| 10 | Lam, Duc Hai Nam | 2002 | VIE | =16N | +23B | =6N | +32B | =17N | =22B | −5B | =14N | +18N | 5.5 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 23.50 | 1896 | -42.4 |
| 11 | Pham, Truong Phu | 2045 | VIE | =31B | +21N | =8B | −14N | +28B | =4N | +19B | −3N | =2B | 5.0 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 23.50 | 1915 | -56.0 |
| 12 | Nguyen, Le Nhat Huy | 1856 | VIE | +20N | =9B | −3N | −17B | +33N | +16B | +18N | −1B | =15N | 5.0 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 22.25 | 1828 | -13.6 |
| 13 | Do, An HoaFM | 1923 | VIE | +26B | +14N | =2B | −5N | −7B | =9B | −23N | +28N | +22B | 5.0 | 41.0 | 44.5 | 23.00 | 1933 | +3.2 |
| 14 | Nguyen, Thai SonCM | 1821 | VIE | +36N | −13B | +34N | +11B | =9N | =6B | −3N | =10B | =16N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 41.0 | 19.25 | 1883 | +31.2 |
| 15 | Pham, Minh Hieu | 1786 | VIE | −1N | −24B | +36N | +34B | =18N | +32B | =7N | =9B | =12B | 5.0 | 37.0 | 38.5 | 16.75 | 1846 | +25.2 |
| 16 | Pham Tuan Kiet | 1736 | VIE | =10B | −8N | +30B | −28N | +27B | −12N | +21B | +25N | =14B | 5.0 | 36.5 | 40.0 | 20.75 | 1789 | +20.4 |
| 17 | Tran Nguyen, Dang Khoa | 1768 | VIE | −5B | +25N | +33B | +12N | =10B | −8N | −4B | −20N | +23B | 4.5 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 18.75 | 1783 | +2.0 |
| 18 | Hoang, Le Minh BaoCM | 1691 | VIE | −9N | +20B | −32N | +24B | =15B | +28N | −12B | +33N | −10B | 4.5 | 36.0 | 39.0 | 17.50 | 1771 | +28.0 |
| 19 | Le, Vinh Dinh | 1822 | VIE | +35B | −5N | −27B | =31N | +21B | +26N | −11N | +24B | −9N | 4.5 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 16.00 | 1772 | -23.2 |
| 20 | Pham Hai Minh | 1562 | VIE | −12B | −18N | =29B | +30N | −26B | +36N | +28B | +17B | −8N | 4.5 | 34.0 | 35.5 | 14.75 | 1686 | +45.2 |
| 21 | Tran, Ly Khoi Nguyen | 1612 | VIE | +32N | −11B | −22N | =23B | −19N | +34B | −16N | +31N | +27B | 4.5 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 13.50 | 1775 | +72.4 |
| 22 | Vu, Ba Khoi | 1807 | VIE | −2B | +29N | +21B | =8N | =4B | =10N | =9N | −7B | −13N | 4.0 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 19.25 | 1859 | +22.0 |
| 23 | Do, Quang Minh | 1669 | VIE | =8B | −10N | =26B | =21N | =25B | +27N | +13B | −6B | −17N | 4.0 | 38.5 | 42.0 | 17.50 | 1745 | +31.6 |
| 24 | Pham Tran Hoang Gia | 1613 | VIE | −6B | +15N | −28B | −18N | +35B | =25N | +26B | −19N | =33B | 4.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 14.50 | 1683 | +26.0 |
| 25 | Bui Tuan Kiet | 1603 | VIE | −3N | −17B | =35N | +36B | =23N | =24B | +32N | −16B | =26B | 4.0 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 11.50 | 1650 | +19.2 |
| 26 | Vu, Xuan Hoang | 1679 | VIE | −13N | =36B | =23N | =33B | +20N | −19B | −24N | +32B | =25N | 4.0 | 32.0 | 33.5 | 13.75 | 1653 | -14.4 |
| 27 | Bui, Huu Duc | 1681 | VIE | −4B | +35N | +19N | −6B | −16N | −23B | =30N | +34B | −21N | 3.5 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 10.25 | 1636 | -23.6 |
| 28 | Pham Quoc Thang | 1810 | VIE | =30B | −31N | +24N | +16B | −11N | −18B | −20N | −13B | +36N | 3.5 | 34.5 | 36.0 | 12.25 | 1639 | -73.6 |
| 29 | Cao Thanh Lam | 1624 | VIE | −7N | −22B | =20N | =35B | =34N | −33B | +36B | =30N | =31B | 3.5 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 9.00 | 1612 | -8.4 |
| 30 | Pham Gia Duc | 0 | VIE | =28N | −32B | −16N | −20B | =36N | +35N | =27B | =29B | =34N | 3.5 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 9.00 | 1576 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Bui, Dang Khoa | 1752 | VIE | =11N | +28B | −9N | =19B | =32N | −3B | −33N | −21B | =29N | 3.0 | 35.5 | 38.5 | 11.50 | 1748 | -6.4 |
| 32 | Do Thanh Dat | 1893 | VIE | −21B | +30N | +18B | −10N | =31B | −15N | −25B | −26N | =35B | 3.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 10.50 | 1513 | -152.0 |
| 33 | Hoang, Huy Tai | 0 | VIE | F | −7B | −17N | =26N | −12B | +29N | +31B | −18B | =24N | 3.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 10.50 | 1650 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Thai, Ho Tan Minh | 1605 | VIE | F | −4N | −14B | −15N | =29B | −21N | +35B | −27N | =30B | 2.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 5.50 | 1480 | -43.6 |
| 35 | Hoang, Dinh Duy | 1517 | VIE | −19N | −27B | =25B | =29N | −24N | −30B | −34N | =36B | =32N | 2.0 | 28.0 | 29.5 | 6.00 | 1472 | -21.6 |
| 36 | Nguyen Phuc Hoang | 1479 | VIE | −14B | =26N | −15B | −25N | =30B | −20B | −29N | =35N | −28B | 1.5 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 4.75 | 1354 | -44.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Doan, The DucVIE+79.66.0 pts · #4
- 2Tran, Ly Khoi NguyenVIE+72.44.5 pts · #16
- 3Phan, Tran Bao KhangVIE+46.05.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Do Thanh DatVIE-152.03.0 pts · #33
- 2Pham Quoc ThangVIE-73.63.5 pts · #30
- 3Pham, Truong PhuVIE-56.05.0 pts · #10
Biggest upsets
- R7+290 Elo gap
- R1+281 Elo gap
- R7+254 Elo gap