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24th Royal rated chess series 2025

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22 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Oct 2025 to 22 Oct 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Top 10 Elo average was 1777, and top seed was Bui Quang Huy (🇻🇳 VIE, 1928).

Le Ngoc Hieu (🇻🇳 VIE, 1720) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Vo Tan Chinh (6.0) and Phan Nguyen Minh Khang (5.5). Hieu shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Nguyen Tram Thien Thang (1575) beat Nguyen My Kim Hau (1807), a +232-point gap.

Location
🇻🇳Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dates
14 Oct 2025 → 22 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇻🇳Bui Quang Huy1928
Avg top 10
1,777
Participants
22
Federations · 1 represented
🇻🇳Vietnam×21
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Le Ngoc Hieu led from R8; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
4
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Huy takes leadHieu takes lead
Hieu7Chinh6Khang5.5Huy5.5Tien5.5Thanh5.5— ex-leaders:Triled R3, #11
R4 · LEADER CHANGE17 Oct

Bui Quang Huy takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Le Ngoc Hieu beat Vo Tan Chinh (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Le Ngoc Hieu 7 wins (R1–R8)Vo Tan Chinh 5 wins (R3–R7)Phan Nguyen Minh Khang 4 wins (R6–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Le Ngoc Hieu*
1
1
—
2Vo Tan Chinh
0
*
0
0
3Phan Nguyen Minh Khang
0
1
*—
4Bui Quang Huy—
1
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Le Ngoc Hieu1720VIE+3B+2NF+10B+8N+7B+4N+9BF7.034.534.534.502525+122.0
2Vo Tan Chinh1917VIE+5N−1B+4B+11N+7N+12B+13N−6B−3N6.041.545.027.001827-21.6
3Phan Nguyen Minh Khang0VIE−1N+5B−11B−9N=21N+16B+17B+8N+2B5.538.040.023.5017570.0
4Nguyen Trung Tien1720VIE+22N=6B−2N+14BF+5N−1B+7B+10N5.536.536.520.751804+28.0
5Nguyen Tram Thien Thanh1589VIE−2B−3N+18N+22B+20N−4B=7N+13B+12N5.534.034.515.251465-19.2
6Bui Quang Huy1928VIE+9B=4N+13B+8BFF+11N+2NF5.528.028.025.252107+32.8
7Nguyen Tram Thien Thang1575VIE+21B+17B−8N+19N−2B−1N=5B−4N+14N4.538.040.014.251707+50.4
8Le Minh Tri1736VIE+20B+14N+7B−6N−1BF+12N−3B=9N4.536.536.516.251632-24.0
9Nguyen Tuan Anh1648VIE−6N+18B−17N+3B+10NF+14B−1N=8B4.536.036.018.251640-4.4
10Tran Hoang Nhat Nghi1752VIE+15B−13N+22B−1N−9B−14N+18B+11N−4B4.034.535.011.001499-53.2
11Nguyen Le Duc Huy1679VIE−14N+20B+3N−2B+17NF−6B−10B+13N4.033.033.014.001658-4.8
12Le Hoang Long0VIEF=21N=14B+15N+13B−2N−8B+22N−5B4.029.029.010.2514300.0
13Luong Anh Tue0VIE+19B+10B−6N=17B−12N+21N−2B−5N−11B3.535.037.010.5017300.0
14Vu Minh Ha0VIE+11B−8B=12N−4N=19B+10B−9N=15N−7B3.534.537.513.2515920.0
15Le Xuan Vien0VIE−10N=19N=21B−12B=16N=22B=20N=14B=17N3.525.025.58.7516600.0
16Vo Nguyen Thanh Tuan1588VIE−17NF−19B+18N=15B−3NF+20B+22N3.521.021.57.25977-20.4
17Hau, Nguyen My Kim1807VIE+16B−7N+9B=13N−11BF−3NF=15B3.029.029.011.501624-38.0
18Nguyen Huynh Hong Ngoc0VIEF−9N−5B−16B+22N=20B−10N=19N+21B3.025.025.05.0014890.0
19Mai Quoc Cuong1747VIE−13N=15B+16N−7B=14NFF=18B=20N3.023.523.59.501582-17.6
20Nguyen Anh Khoa0VIE−8N−11NF=21B−5B=18N=15B−16N=19B2.029.029.05.7514110.0
21Nguyen Thanh Van1765VIE−7N=12B=15N=20N=3B−13BFF−18N2.026.026.07.50776-30.0
22FIDE 5610007950—−4BF−10N−5N−18B=15NF−12B−16B0.533.036.01.758630.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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