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September Fancy Invitational Chess Championship

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24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 19 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Top 10 Elo average was 1801, and top seed was Trong Binh Phan (🇻🇳 VIE, 2061).

Trong Binh Phan (🇻🇳 VIE, 2061) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Bui Thi My Hang (6.5) and Pham Huu Dat (6.5). Phan won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Thanh Thuy Nguyen (1545) beat Hieu Nghia Nguyen (1704), a +159-point gap.

Location
🇻🇳Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dates
19 Sept 2025 → 21 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇻🇳Trong Binh Phan2061
Avg top 10
1,801
Participants
24
Federations · 1 represented
🇻🇳Vietnam×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Trong Binh Phan led from R4; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Phan8.5Dat6.5Hang6.5Thao6Chau6Nguyen5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Trong Binh Phan never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Trong Binh Phan beat Pham Huu Dat (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Trong Binh Phan 7 wins (R1–R7)Pham Huu Dat 3+3 wins (R2–R4, R7–R9)Bui Thi My Hang 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Trong Binh Phan*
1
1
1
2Pham Huu Dat
0
*
½
0
3Bui Thi My Hang
0
½
*
1
4Nguyen Thi Thao
0
1
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Phan, Trong Binh2061VIE+24N+20B+4N+2B+17N+3B+5N=7B+11N8.538.538.536.252636+24.0
2Bui Thi My Hang1975VIE+7B+22N+17B−1N=3B+4N+16N=5B=8N6.542.044.027.001854-19.2
3Pham Huu Dat1945VIE−4N+23B+15N+8B=2N−1N+9B+14N+7B6.541.543.025.251962+13.6
4Nguyen Thi Thao0VIE+3B+16N−1B=5B+14N−2B+15N+6B=10N6.044.047.026.7518820.0
5Dang Bao Chau1929VIEF+24N+18B=4N+16B+9N−1B=2N+14B6.037.037.020.251919+6.8
6Nguyen, Hieu Nghia1704VIE=8N−21B+10N−14B+19N=16B+13B−4N+23N5.029.531.015.751766+12.0
7Chu Bang Bang0VIE−2N+19B−8N=12B=10N+18B+11B=1N−3N4.541.543.517.5018440.0
8Nguyen Nhat Phi0VIE=6B=9N+7B−3N+12B+14NFF=2B4.534.534.520.0017820.0
9Tran Phuc Nguyen1742VIE=21N=8B+12N−17N+11B−5B−3N=15B+19N4.533.535.515.001771+6.8
10Le Tan Dat0VIE=13N−15B−6B+18N=7B−11N+23B+16N=4B4.533.034.514.7515100.0
11Tran Vuong Ky1669VIE−17N−12B+23N+19B−9N+10B−7N+24B−1B4.032.532.58.001743+16.8
12Phan Thi Binh Nhi0VIE−14B+11N−9B=7N−8NF=19N+23B+15N4.028.028.012.2516480.0
13Nguyen Ha Phuc Vinh1678VIE=10B=18N−22B−20N+24B−15B−6N+19B+17N4.025.025.08.751624-11.2
14Nguyen, Thanh Thuy1545VIE+12N−17B=21N+6N−4B−8B+24N−3B−5N3.537.037.010.001763+38.4
15Nguyen Minh Nhien1741VIE=18B+10N−3B=16N−20B+13N−4B=9N−12B3.535.537.513.751789+6.8
16Truong Quoc Nam0VIE+23N−4B+20N=15B−5N=6N−2B−10BF3.035.035.07.7516980.0
17Nguyen Thanh Thai0VIE+11B+14N−2N+9B−1BFFF−13B3.031.031.012.0017780.0
18Dang Gia Vuong0VIE=15N=13B−5N−10B+23N−7NFF+24N3.024.024.05.2516860.0
19Ho Dang Nhat Minh1570VIE−22B−7N+24B−11N−6B=23N=12B−13N−9B2.029.529.52.751436-41.6
20Nguyen Dinh Duy Khanh0VIEF−1N−16B+13B+15NFFFF2.025.025.07.5018470.0
21Nguyen Nhu Ha My0VIE=9B+6N=14BFFFFFF2.015.015.09.0016830.0
22Dang Gia Han0VIE+19N−2B+13NFFFFFF2.014.514.56.0017610.0
23Truong Quoc Viet1502VIE−16B−3N−11B+24N−18B=19B−10N−12N−6B1.532.032.01.001516-1.2
24Nguyen Dinh Lam Phu1478VIE−1B−5B−19N−23B−13NF−14B−11N−18B0.035.036.50.00874-76.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets