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22nd Royal rated chess series 2025

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25 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Jul 2025 to 18 Jul 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Top 10 Elo average was 1692, and top seed was Duc Minh Lai (🇻🇳 VIE, 1953).

Thanh Liem Nguyen (🇻🇳 VIE, 1942) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Duc Minh Lai (6.0) and Nguyen Nhu Tuan Long (6.0). Nguyen took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Vo Huu Phuoc (1534) beat Nguyen Tuan Anh (1675), a +141-point gap.

Location
🇻🇳Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dates
14 Jul 2025 → 18 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇻🇳Duc Minh Lai1953
Avg top 10
1,692
Participants
25
Federations · 1 represented
🇻🇳Vietnam×25
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Thanh Liem Nguyen led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
5
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Nguyen takes lead
Nguyen7.5Long6Bach6Tam6Huynh6Lai6— ex-leaders:Lailed R4, #13
R5 · LEADER CHANGE16 Jul

Thanh Liem Nguyen takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Thanh Liem Nguyen drew with Nguyen Nhu Tuan Long (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Thanh Liem Nguyen 3 wins (R1–R3)Nguyen Nhu Tuan Long 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nguyen, Thanh Liem1942VIE+5N+12B+8N=6B+2N+4B=3N+7B=14N7.544.548.040.252054+18.8
2Lai, Duc Minh1953VIE+10B+14N+7B+4N1B=6N5B+9N=3B6.045.549.029.501773-26.0
3Nguyen Nhu Tuan Long0VIE=6B+9N4B+19N+7B+15N=1B=5N=2N6.045.048.529.7518460.0
4Nguyen Thien Tam0VIE+18N+16B+3N2B+8N1N=6B+14B=5N6.043.547.027.5017150.0
5Huynh, Le Tan Huy0VIE1B+22N+14B7N+9B+11N+2N=3B=4B6.043.045.526.5017860.0
6Phan Hoang Bach1666VIE=3N+13B+16N=1N+15B=2B=4N+8BF6.041.541.528.751927+52.0
7Nguyen, Minh Nhat1710VIE+15N+11B2N+5B3N=8B+16N1N+10B5.542.045.523.501503-29.6
8Nguyen, Minh Son1428VIE+25N+17B1B+21N4B=7N+10B6N=9B5.040.040.516.001463+1.6
9Nguyen, Thanh Dat0VIE=13N3B+25N+18B5N=16B+21N2B=8N4.537.037.513.2516430.0
10Do Hoang Quan0VIE2N=25B18N+22B+13N=21B8N+11B7N4.033.534.012.2515120.0
11Nguyen Trinh Hong Dang0VIE+22B7N21B+20N+14B5B12N10N+25B4.032.032.510.0016030.0
12Nguyen Thanh Nhan0VIEF1N=19B14N=23B+17N+11B13N+15B4.031.531.513.7514960.0
13Nguyen Tram Thien Thanh1601VIE=9B6N+23B15N10B+22N=19N+12BF4.030.030.012.501654+7.6
14Nguyen Dang Khanh Linh0VIE+24N2B5N+12B11NF+15B4N=1B3.539.040.012.2518580.0
15NGO THE ANH0VIE7B+20N+17N+13B6N3B14N=16B12N3.536.039.512.7516210.0
16Dao Thien Minh0VIE+23B4N6B+17N=21B=9N7B=15NF3.535.537.511.008880.0
17Tran Hoang Nhat Nghi0VIEF8N15B16B+24N12B+18N=19B+20N3.530.031.09.7516300.0
18Nguyen Tram Thien Thang1580VIE4B=23N+10B9N19B+20N17B+22BF3.529.529.511.001724+22.4
19Ho Dang Khoa1756VIE+21BF=12N3B+18NF=13B=17NF3.527.527.512.251787+1.4
20Pham Hoang Bao Long1500VIEF15B=22N11B+25N18B+23N+21N17B3.525.526.06.751367-13.6
21Luong Anh Tue0VIE19N+24B+11N8B=16N=10N9B20BF3.029.029.08.7514000.0
22Vo Huu Phuoc1534VIE11N5B=20B10NF13B+25B18N+24N2.526.526.53.251505-8.4
23Vu Bao Long0VIE16N=18B13N+25B=12NF20BFF2.023.523.54.2512900.0
24Nguyen Tuan Anh1675VIE14B21NFF17B+25NFF22B1.015.015.00.50738-27.6
25Vo Duy Bach0VIE8B=10N9B23N20B24B22NF11N0.526.526.52.007370.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets