5th V-Chess Champion cup tournament 2025
Open SwissStandard
48 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 10 May 2025 to 11 May 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1757, and top seed was Nguyen Le Nguyen (🇻🇳 VIE, 1878).
Nguyen Vu Bao Lam (🇻🇳 VIE, 1736) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Nguyen Le Nguyen (5.0) and Nguyen Duc Khai (5.0). Lam shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Sundararajan Gopalan (1476) beat Dallas J.G. Wilson (1747), a +271-point gap.
Location
🇻🇳Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dates
10 May 2025 → 11 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇻🇳Vietnam×43
🇮🇳India×1
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsNguyen Vu Bao Lam led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
23
11
5
3
1
1
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD
Nguyen Vu Bao Lam held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Nguyen Vu Bao Lam drew with Nguyen Le Nguyen (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Nguyen Vu Bao Lam 5 wins (R1–R5)Nguyen Le Nguyen 3 wins (R3–R5)Nguyen Viet Bach 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nguyen Vu Bao Lam | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Nguyen Le Nguyen | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Nguyen Viet Bach | — | — | * | — |
| 4Nguyen Duc Khai | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nguyen Vu Bao Lam | 1736 | VIE | +29B | +15N | +3B | +6N | +9B | =2N | 5.5 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 22.00 | 2090 | +85.6 |
| 2 | Nguyen Le Nguyen | 1878 | VIE | +25B | =30N | +12B | +14N | +5B | =1B | 5.0 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 19.00 | 1961 | +22.4 |
| 3 | Nguyen Duc Khai | 1687 | VIE | +32N | +20B | −1N | +11B | +22N | +13B | 5.0 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 16.50 | 1803 | +18.0 |
| 4 | Nguyen Viet Bach | 1713 | VIE | +31N | +22B | −13N | +17B | +10N | +9N | 5.0 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 17.00 | 1868 | +37.2 |
| 5 | Tran Hoang | 1738 | VIE | +42N | +21B | +16N | +13B | −2N | =7B | 4.5 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 14.25 | 1821 | +24.4 |
| 6 | Nguyen Nhat Khuong | 1796 | VIE | +17N | +19B | =14N | −1B | +30N | +15B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 14.75 | 1827 | +9.6 |
| 7 | Vuong Tuan Khoa | 1705 | VIE | +27B | +23N | −9B | +24N | +18B | =5N | 4.5 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 14.75 | 1756 | +9.0 |
| 8 | Huynh Thien An | 1585 | VIE | =11N | −16B | +42N | +31B | +14B | +19N | 4.5 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 13.00 | 2385 | +60.0 |
| 9 | Do, Tien Quang Minh | 1751 | VIE | +43N | +10B | +7N | +18B | −1N | −4B | 4.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 13.50 | 1751 | +1.2 |
| 10 | Nguyen Vu Bao Chau | 1570 | VIE | +45B | −9N | +23B | +16N | −4B | +26N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 10.50 | 1594 | +4.4 |
| 11 | Huynh Xuan An | 0 | VIE | =8B | =33N | +25B | −3N | +39B | +24N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 11.50 | 1604 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Wilson, Dallas J.G. | 1747 | NZL | −23B | +27N | −2N | +37B | +38B | +22N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 10.00 | 1637 | -11.8 |
| 13 | Tran Pham Quang Minh | 1765 | VIE | +38B | +35N | +4B | −5N | =19B | −3N | 3.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 11.25 | 1697 | -16.8 |
| 14 | Tran Thien Phuc | 1716 | VIE | +37B | +24N | =6B | −2B | −8N | +29N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 9.75 | 1668 | -6.0 |
| 15 | Nguyen Hoang | 1565 | VIE | +41N | −1B | =31N | +26B | +28N | −6N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 9.25 | 1674 | +22.0 |
| 16 | Vu Minh Tri | 0 | VIE | +39B | +8N | −5B | −10B | +43N | =18N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 9.75 | 1593 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Truong Phuc Nhat Nguyen | 1512 | VIE | −6B | +40N | +20B | −4N | =29B | +34B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 9.25 | 1381 | -20.8 |
| 18 | Bui Duc Khang | 1530 | VIE | +36B | +28N | +30B | −9N | −7N | =16B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 9.75 | 1717 | +38.4 |
| 19 | Vo Mai Phuong | 1582 | VIE | +40B | −6N | +38B | +29N | =13N | −8B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 8.25 | 1624 | +8.4 |
| 20 | Nguyen Tien Quyet | 0 | VIE | +33B | −3N | −17N | +42B | =21N | +30B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 8.25 | 1589 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Ly Kha Han | 1537 | VIE | +34B | −5N | −29B | +27N | =20B | +31N | 3.5 | 16.0 | 18.5 | 9.75 | 793 | -35.2 |
| 22 | Bui Cong Minh | 1525 | VIE | +48B | −4N | +37B | +28N | −3B | −12B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 5.00 | 1588 | +14.4 |
| 23 | Sundararajan Gopalan | 1476 | IND | +12N | −7B | −10N | +35N | −24B | +39N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 8.50 | 1614 | +42.4 |
| 24 | Do Quang Hieu | 1536 | VIE | +47N | −14B | +32N | −7B | +23N | −11B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 6.50 | 1511 | -4.4 |
| 25 | Nguyen Tat Phu | 1512 | VIE | −2N | +44B | −11N | +32B | −26N | +37B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 5.50 | 1451 | -13.6 |
| 26 | Phan Minh | 1434 | VIE | −28B | +36N | +35B | −15N | +25B | −10B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 18.5 | 8.00 | 1519 | +21.2 |
| 27 | Dinh Gia Huy | 0 | VIE | −7N | −12B | +41N | −21B | +46N | +42B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 4.50 | 1423 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Tran Nguyen Duy Tung | 1725 | VIE | +26N | −18B | +43N | −22B | −15B | +38N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 6.50 | 1510 | -65.6 |
| 29 | Nguyen Pham Minh Thu | 1443 | VIE | −1N | +41B | +21N | −19B | =17N | −14B | 2.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 7.25 | 1473 | +3.6 |
| 30 | Nguyen Phuc Hoang | 1665 | VIE | +44B | =2B | −18N | +33N | −6B | −20N | 2.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 6.00 | 1598 | -18.0 |
| 31 | Bui Le Minh Tam | 0 | VIE | −4B | +48N | =15B | −8N | +33B | −21B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 4.25 | 1439 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Hoang Ba Huy Thong | 0 | VIE | −3B | +39N | −24B | −25N | +47B | =35N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 4.25 | 1421 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Dao Khanh Lam | 1527 | VIE | −20N | =11B | +34N | −30B | −31N | +43B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 6.00 | 1575 | +4.8 |
| 34 | Nguyen Ngoc The Vinh | 0 | VIE | −21N | =42B | −33B | +44N | +36B | −17N | 2.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 4.25 | 1190 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Mai Thanh Minh | 1575 | VIE | +46N | −13B | −26N | −23B | +45N | =32B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 3.25 | 758 | -64.0 |
| 36 | Nguyen Pham Lam Thu | 0 | VIE | −18N | −26B | +44N | =43B | −34N | +46B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 2.75 | 1208 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Le Nguyen Minh Hoang | 1416 | VIE | −14N | +47B | −22N | −12N | +40B | −25N | 2.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 3.00 | 826 | -39.6 |
| 38 | Nguyen Lam Phuong Nam | 1510 | VIE | −13N | +46B | −19N | +47B | −12N | −28B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 2.00 | 908 | -38.5 |
| 39 | Le Nguyen Ngoc Tan | 1516 | VIE | −16N | −32B | +45N | +46B | −11N | −23B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 2.00 | 677 | -23.2 |
| 40 | Ngo Nguyen An Phong | 0 | VIE | −19N | −17B | −47N | +41B | −37N | +45B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 709 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Nguyen Manh Quan | 0 | VIE | −15B | −29N | −27B | −40N | +44B | +47N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 707 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Phan Khac Hoang Bach | 1450 | VIE | −5B | =34N | −8B | −20N | +48B | −27N | 1.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 1.25 | 862 | -19.2 |
| 43 | Le Hong An | 1476 | VIE | −9B | +45N | −28B | =36N | −16B | −33N | 1.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 2.25 | 869 | -31.6 |
| 44 | Huynh Thanh Truc | 0 | VIE | −30N | −25N | −36B | −34B | −41N | +48N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 793 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 12492353 | 0 | — | −10N | −43B | −39B | +48N | −35B | −40N | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 740 | 0.0 |
| 46 | FIDE 12470252 | 0 | — | −35B | −38N | +48B | −39N | −27B | −36N | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 745 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Nguyen Pham Bich Ngoc | 0 | VIE | −24B | −37N | +40B | −38N | −32N | −41B | 1.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 2.00 | 693 | 0.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 12493511 | 0 | — | −22N | −31B | −46N | −45B | −42N | −44B | 0.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 689 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Nguyen Vu Bao LamVIE+85.65.5 pts · #1
- 2Huynh Thien AnVIE+60.04.5 pts · #13
- 3Sundararajan GopalanIND+42.43.0 pts · #16
Top rating losers
- 1Tran Nguyen Duy TungVIE-65.63.0 pts · #15
- 2Mai Thanh MinhVIE-64.02.5 pts · #41
- 3Le Nguyen Minh HoangVIE-39.62.0 pts · #46
Biggest upsets
- R1+271 Elo gap
- R4+200 Elo gap
- R2+195 Elo gap