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7th V-Chess Champion cup tournament 2025

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30 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 08 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1768, and top seed was Bui Quang Huy (🇻🇳 VIE, 2011).

Minh Hieu Tran (🇻🇳 VIE, 1796) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Tran Pham Quang Minh (5.0) and Hoang Tan Vinh (4.5). Tran shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Le Pham Tien Minh (1511) beat Nguyen Viet Bach (1727), a +216-point gap.

Location
🇻🇳Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dates
08 Nov 2025 → 09 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇻🇳Bui Quang Huy2011
Avg top 10
1,768
Participants
30
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇻🇳Vietnam×29
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Minh Hieu Tran led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
12
4
2
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Tran6Minh5Chau4.5Vinh4.5Huy4.5Wilson4.5
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Minh Hieu Tran never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Minh Hieu Tran beat Tran Pham Quang Minh (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Minh Hieu Tran 4 wins (R2–R5)Tran Pham Quang Minh 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Minh Hieu Tran*
1
—
1
2Tran Pham Quang Minh
0
*—
½
3Nguyen Vu Bao Chau——*—
4CMHoang Tan Vinh
0
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tran, Minh Hieu1796VIE=24N+18B+9N+10B+2N=4B+3N6.025.027.524.002023+54.6
2Tran Pham Quang Minh1692VIE+29N+11B+5B=6N−1B=3N+9B5.027.528.518.001858+52.4
3Hoang Tan VinhCM1912VIE=18N+24B=16N+15B+10N=2B−1B4.525.528.016.251750-48.0
4Bui Quang Huy2011VIEFF+12N+5B+6B=1N+8B4.525.025.020.502080+11.6
5Wilson, Dallas J.G.1680NZL+22N+12B−2N−4N=13B+17B+16N4.524.527.516.001757+14.6
6Pham, Hai Minh Huy1668VIE+23B=9N+19B=2B−4N+20N=7B4.524.027.015.751730+19.2
7Nguyen Vu Bao Chau1694VIE+14N+20B−10N=16B+18N=9B=6N4.523.026.016.001720+11.2
8Tran Hoang1812VIE−9B+22N+13B=20N+19B+10B−4N4.522.525.515.501697-28.0
9Huynh Thien An1634VIE+8N=6B−1B+29N+11B=7N−2N4.028.529.514.001731+37.6
10Phan Dang Khoi1651VIE+26N+21B+7B−1N−3B−8N+19B4.025.527.012.001673+4.4
11Nguyen Viet Bach1727VIE+13B−2N−21N+14B−9N+25B+22N4.023.025.013.001546-54.8
12Hoang Gia Bao1601VIE+25B−5N−4B+30N+21B=13N=15B4.022.023.010.001598-6.4
13Truong Phuc Nhat Nguyen1522VIE−11N+26B−8N+27B=5N=12B+18N4.021.523.010.251610+20.4
14Bui Le Minh Tam1520VIE−7B−25N+23B−11N+29B+21N+20B4.019.520.510.001665+39.2
15Nguyen Duc Khai1627VIE−19B+30N+27B−3N+25B=16B=12N4.018.519.58.251596-6.8
16Pham Gia Tuong1645VIE+30B=19N=3B=7N=20B=15N−5B3.523.524.510.501636-5.6
17Vo Nguyen Thien An1692VIE−21B+23N=29B−19N+24B−5N+25N3.518.019.08.001531-32.4
18Bui Cong Minh1592VIE=3B−1N+24B+21N−7B=19N−13B3.025.027.59.251604-0.4
19Nguyen Hoang Bao Huy0VIE+15N=16B−6N+17B−8N=18B−10N3.024.027.010.7516200.0
20Vuong Tuan Khoa1625VIE+27N−7N+25B=8B=16N−6B−14N3.023.024.57.501428-49.2
21Le Pham Tien Minh1511VIE+17N−10N+11B−18B−12N−14B+24N3.022.525.010.001565+16.8
22Tran Kim An1411VIE−5B−8B+26N−25N+30B+23N−11B3.019.520.55.501463+4.4
23Trinh Duc Duy1402VIE−6N−17B−14N+26B+27N−22B+28N3.018.019.54.501302-26.0
24Bui Duc Khang1528VIE=1B−3N−18N+28B−17N+29B−21B2.521.522.55.501462-24.4
25Vu Hao Nhien0VIE−12N+14B−20N+22B−15N−11N−17B2.022.525.57.0014430.0
26Bui Tung Lam0VIE−10B−13N−22B−23N−28N+30B=29N1.516.517.51.506810.0
27Pham Huynh Hieu Minh0VIE−20BF−15N−13N−23B=28B+30N1.516.516.51.7511540.0
28Phan Khac Hoang Bach1419VIEFF−30B−24N+26B=27N−23B1.514.015.02.25664-34.8
29Mai Huy Anh0VIE−2BF=17N−9B−14N−24N=26B1.020.522.02.5012430.0
30Dao Thien Vu0VIE−16N−15B+28N−12B−22N−26N−27B1.017.519.01.5013010.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets