2nd An Giang Chess Tournament - Chess Star Cup 2026 - Youth Category

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43 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in An Giang, Vietnam. Top 10 Elo average was 1587, and top seed was Le Vinh Tuong (🇻🇳 VIE, 1664).

Le Khac Hoang Long (🇻🇳 VIE, 1608) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Ngoc Anh Thu Huynh (6.0) and Dang Hoang Gia (5.5). Long won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Ngoc Van Anh Nguyen (1487) beat Le Vinh Tuong (1664), a +177-point gap.

Location

🇻🇳An Giang, Vietnam

Dates

17 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇻🇳Le Vinh Tuong1664

Avg top 10

1,587

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇻🇳Vietnam×34

Top 3

🥇
Le Khac Hoang Long
🇻🇳VIE·1608
6.0pts·1795perf+36.4
🥈
Ngoc Anh Thu Huynh
🇻🇳VIE·1635
6.0pts·1726perf+7.2
🥉
Dang Hoang Gia
🇻🇳VIE·1620
5.5pts·1682perf+12.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Long6Huynh6Gia5.5Tuong5.5Phu5Khiem5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Long takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (31.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Le Khac Hoang Long beat Ngoc Anh Thu Huynh (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Le Khac Hoang Long 4 wins (R1–R4)Ngoc Anh Thu Huynh 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Dang Hoang Gia 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Le Khac Hoang Long	*	1	½	½
2Ngoc Anh Thu Huynh	0	*	1	—
3Dang Hoang Gia	½	0	*	—
4Le Vinh Tuong	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Le Khac Hoang Long	1608	VIE	+29N	+8B	+10N	+2N	=3B	=4B	+9N	6.0	31.0	34.0	28.50	1795	+36.4
2	Huynh, Ngoc Anh Thu	1635	VIE	+36N	+12B	+5N	−1B	+16N	+8N	+3B	6.0	30.0	32.5	26.50	1726	+7.2
3	Dang Hoang Gia	1620	VIE	+19N	+34B	+22N	+6B	=1N	+9B	−2N	5.5	29.0	31.5	22.50	1682	+12.0
4	Le Vinh Tuong	1664	VIE	+42B	+11N	−9B	+25N	+21B	=1N	+10B	5.5	27.0	28.0	20.50	1528	-21.2
5	Phan Huu Phuc Khang	1561	VIE	+31B	+27N	−2B	=23N	+26B	+18N	=14B	5.0	25.0	28.0	18.00	835	-16.0
6	Le Hoang Nhat Tuyen	1603	VIE	+41B	+25N	+23B	−3N	−18B	+31N	+21B	5.0	23.5	24.5	15.00	823	-19.2
7	Do Vo Le Khiem	0	VIE	+26N	=17B	−16B	+?N	+23B	=13N	+20B	5.0	23.5	23.5	15.25	1622	0.0
8	Huynh Gia Phu	0	VIE	+?B	−1N	+?B	+11N	+?N	−2B	+18B	5.0	20.5	20.5	8.50	1554	0.0
9	Nguyen, Ngoc Van Anh	1487	VIE	+35N	+33B	+4N	=16B	+17N	−3N	−1B	4.5	27.5	30.0	16.50	1633	+31.6
10	Lam Thanh Phu	0	VIE	+13B	+?N	−1B	=20N	+24B	+17B	−4N	4.5	27.5	27.5	14.00	1633	0.0
11	Nguyen Thien Ngan	1481	VIE	+43N	−4B	+35N	−8B	+22N	=12B	+23N	4.5	24.5	25.5	12.75	864	-10.4
12	Do Vo Le Huynh	0	VIE	+?B	−2N	+33B	−18N	+28B	=11N	+26B	4.5	23.5	23.5	11.25	1365	0.0
13	Trinh Nguyen Binh	0	VIE	−10N	+29B	+36N	=22B	+?N	=7B	=17N	4.5	22.5	22.5	11.75	1625	0.0
14	Dang Gia Phu	0	VIE	=20B	−16N	+30N	=28B	+35N	+?B	=5N	4.5	21.5	21.5	11.50	1611	0.0
15	Trinh Thien Kim	0	VIE	+?B	−24N	−25B	+37N	=29N	+?B	+?N	4.5	12.5	12.5	4.00	1615	0.0
16	Nguyen Pham Minh Thu	0	VIE	=28N	+14B	+7N	=9N	−2B	+19B	F	4.0	27.0	27.0	17.25	1367	0.0
17	Lim Tuan Sang	1625	VIE	+32B	=7N	+18B	+24N	−9B	−10N	=13B	4.0	26.0	29.0	15.25	1533	-10.0
18	Tran Minh Khang	0	VIE	+?N	+?B	−17N	+12B	+6N	−5B	−8N	4.0	23.5	23.5	9.50	1570	0.0
19	Nguyen Khanh Van	0	VIE	−3B	+?N	=?B	=34N	+27B	−16N	+28B	4.0	18.5	18.5	7.75	1408	0.0
20	Nguyen Vu Nhat Minh	0	VIE	=14N	+38B	−?N	=10B	+?N	+?B	−7N	4.0	16.0	16.0	6.50	1551	0.0
21	Nguyen Quang Thuan	0	VIE	−?N	+?B	+?N	+?B	−4N	+24B	−6N	4.0	14.0	14.0	3.50	1573	0.0
22	Huynh Dang Tuan Khai	0	VIE	+30N	+?B	−3B	=13N	−11B	−23N	+33B	3.5	23.5	23.5	7.75	1449	0.0
23	Nguyen Vu Lam	0	VIE	+?N	+?B	−6N	=5B	−7N	+22B	−11B	3.5	23.0	23.0	6.00	1543	0.0
24	Bui Quoc Duy	1581	VIE	=38N	+15B	+28N	−17B	−10N	−21N	+37B	3.5	22.5	24.5	11.00	825	-17.6
25	FIDE 12460516	0	—	+?N	−6B	+15N	−4B	=30N	+33B	−?B	3.5	20.5	20.5	8.50	818	0.0
26	Pham Quoc Tien	0	VIE	−7B	+37N	+?N	=?B	−5N	+29B	−12N	3.5	20.0	20.0	5.50	1381	0.0
27	FIDE 12485683	0	—	+?N	−5B	+34N	−?B	−19N	+?B	=?N	3.5	11.5	11.5	2.50	1234	0.0
28	Nguyen Vu Minh Khang	0	VIE	=16B	+?N	−24B	=14N	−12N	+?B	−19N	3.0	20.5	20.5	4.25	781	0.0
29	Nguyen Minh Hung	0	VIE	−1B	−13N	+?B	+?N	=15B	−26N	=?N	3.0	18.5	18.5	2.25	1409	0.0
30	Tran Nhu Phuc	0	VIE	−22B	+41N	−14B	+32N	=25B	−?N	=?B	3.0	15.5	15.5	5.75	779	0.0
31	Nguyen Phuc Nguyen	0	VIE	−5N	−?B	+42B	+?N	+?N	−6B	−?N	3.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	1340	0.0
32	FIDE 561001635	0	—	−17N	+43B	−?N	−30B	−?B	+?N	+40B	3.0	10.0	10.0	3.00	805	0.0
33	Nguyen Vu Truong Giang	0	VIE	+?B	−9N	−12N	=36B	+34B	−25N	−22N	2.5	21.0	21.0	3.75	685	0.0
34	FIDE 561002666	0	—	F	−3N	−27B	=19B	−33N	+39B	+35N	2.5	20.0	20.0	6.50	823	0.0
35	Nguyen Quang Phuc	0	VIE	−9B	+42N	−11B	+?N	−14B	=?N	−34B	2.5	17.0	17.0	1.00	683	0.0
36	Manh Trong Minh	0	VIE	−2B	+?N	−13B	=33N	−?B	+41N	−?B	2.5	14.0	14.0	2.25	807	0.0
37	Nguyen Minh Duc	0	VIE	−?N	−26B	+43N	−15B	+?B	=?N	−24N	2.5	12.5	12.5	1.00	801	0.0
38	FIDE 561002321	0	—	=24B	−20N	=?B	+?N	−?N	−?B	−?N	2.0	7.5	7.5	1.75	1286	0.0
39	Nguyen Pham Lam Thu	0	VIE	−?B	+?N	−?N	−?B	+41B	−34N	F	2.0	3.5	3.5	1.00	713	0.0
40	FIDE 12489883	0	—	−?N	−?B	+?N	−?B	−?B	+?N	−32N	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	731	0.0
41	FIDE 561002330	0	—	−6N	−30B	−?B	F	−39N	−36B	+?N	1.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	811	0.0
42	FIDE 12485675	0	—	−4N	−35B	−31N	F	+?B	−43N	F	1.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	864	0.0
43	FIDE 561001546	0	—	−11B	−32N	−37B	F	−?N	+42B	−?N	1.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	680	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Le Khac Hoang LongVIE
+36.4
6.0 pts · #1
2Nguyen, Ngoc Van AnhVIE
+31.6
4.5 pts · #7
3Dang Hoang GiaVIE
+12.0
5.5 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Le Vinh TuongVIE
-21.2
5.5 pts · #12
2Le Hoang Nhat TuyenVIE
-19.2
5.0 pts · #28
3Bui Quoc DuyVIE
-17.6
3.5 pts · #39

Biggest upsets

R3+177 Elo gap
Nguyen, Ngoc Van Anh1487 beat Le Vinh Tuong1664
R5+138 Elo gap
Nguyen, Ngoc Van Anh1487 beat Lim Tuan Sang1625