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1st Ninh Binh FM chess tournament 2025 - above 1600

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14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 25 Dec 2025 to 27 Dec 2025 in Ninh Binh, Vietnam. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1822, and top seed was Ngoc Lan Tran (🇻🇳 VIE, FM, 2043).

Ngoc Lan Tran (🇻🇳 VIE, FM, 2043) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Dinh Trung Nguyen (5.0) and Nguyen Minh (5.0). Tran shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Dang Thai Vu (1881) beat Ngoc Lan Tran (FM, 2043), a +162-point gap.

Location
🇻🇳Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Dates
25 Dec 2025 → 27 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇻🇳FMNgoc Lan Tran2043
Avg top 10
1,822
Participants
14
Titled players · 2
FM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇻🇳Vietnam×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
1
2
2
3
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Tran5Minh5Nguyen5Dung4.5Dang Thai4.5Anh4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.0/7. Tran takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Ngoc Lan Tran beat Nguyen Minh (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Ngoc Lan Tran 3 wins (R3–R5)Nguyen Minh 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMNgoc Lan Tran*
1
1
½
2Nguyen Minh
0
*
½
½
3Dinh Trung Nguyen
0
½
*
1
4Nguyen Tien Dung
½
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tran, Ngoc LanFM2043VIE+8B−5N+2B+11N+3N=4B=6N5.026.028.519.751981-7.4
2Nguyen, Dinh Trung2001VIE=11N+4B−1N+6B+5N=3B+10N5.026.028.519.751974-1.2
3Nguyen Minh1886VIE+9B+7N+5B+13N−1B=2N=4B5.025.527.517.751990+41.2
4Nguyen Tien Dung1861VIE+10B−2N+9B=5N+8B=1N=3N4.525.528.516.251935+30.4
5Dang Thai Vu1881VIE+14N+1B−3N=4B−2B+8N+11B4.525.026.514.251938+24.0
6Nguyen Thi Phuong AnhWCM1709VIE−7B=10N+14B−2N+13B+11N=1B4.021.022.510.001816+36.8
7Le Sy Nguyen1615VIE+6N−3B−13B−8N+14B=9N+12N3.519.521.09.501711+34.8
8Tran, Le Viet Anh1708VIE−1N+12B=11N+7B−4N−5B=9N3.023.025.58.751724+0.8
9Sam Minh Quan1690VIE−3N+14B−4N=12B=10N=7B=8B3.021.523.07.501657-13.2
10Tran Thi Bich Thuy1619VIE−4N=6B=12N=14N=9B+13N−2B3.021.022.57.501700+12.0
11Le Nguyen Phong1707VIE=2B=13N=8B−1B+12N−6B−5N2.524.026.07.501711-5.6
12Nguyen, Thi My Linh1616VIE=13B−8N=10B=9N−11B+14N−7B2.517.018.55.501571-17.6
13Doan Thu Huyen1730VIE=12N=11B+7N−3B−6N−10B−14N2.020.522.06.001527-38.6
14Nguyen Quang Minh1650VIE−5B−9N−6N=10B−7N−12B+13B1.520.522.53.501464-61.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets