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3rd An Giang Chess Tournament - Chess Star Cup 2026 - Championship Category

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16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Feb 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in An Giang, Vietnam. 6 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2009, and top seed was Duc Hoa Nguyen (🇻🇳 VIE, GM, 2392).

Duc Hoa Nguyen (🇻🇳 VIE, GM, 2392) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Bao Khoa (5.5) and Vo Huynh Thien (5.0). Nguyen clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Minh Hieu Pham (1766) beat Tran Ngoc Minh Duy (FM, 2327), a +561-point gap.

Location
🇻🇳An Giang, Vietnam
Dates
07 Feb 2026 → 08 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇻🇳GMDuc Hoa Nguyen2392
Avg top 10
2,009
Participants
16
Titled players · 6
GM×1
IM×1
FM×1
WFM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇻🇳Vietnam×16
Top 3
  • 🥇
    GMDuc Hoa Nguyen
    🇻🇳VIE·2392
    6.0pts·2384perf+1.0
  • 🥈
    IMBao Khoa
    🇻🇳VIE·2237
    5.5pts·2236perf+6.6
  • 🥉
    Vo Huynh Thien
    🇻🇳VIE·1970
    5.0pts·2130perf+28.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

GM Duc Hoa Nguyen led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
6
3
2
2
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Nguyen takes lead
Nguyen6Khoa5.5Thien5Duy4.5Mai4Pham4
R7 · LEADER CHANGE08 Feb

GM Duc Hoa Nguyen takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Duc Hoa Nguyen drew with IM Bao Khoa (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Duc Hoa Nguyen 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Bao Khoa 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMDuc Hoa Nguyen*
½
1
½
2IMBao Khoa
½
*
1
0
3Vo Huynh Thien
0
0
*—
4FMTran Ngoc Minh Duy
½
1
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nguyen, Duc HoaGM2392VIE+11B+10N+3B=2N+5B=4N+7B6.025.027.522.502384+1.0
2Bao KhoaIM2237VIE+16B+6N+12B=1B+3N+5N−4B5.526.028.020.502236+6.6
3Vo Huynh Thien1970VIE+15N+5B−1N+7B−2B+6N+8B5.026.028.016.502130+28.0
4Tran Ngoc Minh DuyFM2327VIE−5N+15B−7N+10B+12N=1B+2N4.524.026.015.502145-22.2
5Pham, Minh Hieu1766VIE+4B−3N+10B+6N−1N−2B+11N4.027.530.013.502050+94.0
6Mai, Thien Kim Ngoc DiepWFM1845VIE+13N−2B+9N−5B+7N−3B+10N4.023.526.011.501894+9.6
7Pham Minh Hieu1961VIE=12B+8N+4B−3N−6B+11B−1N3.525.027.511.251991+2.0
8Vu Thi Dieu AiWFM1908VIE=14N−7B+13N=12B=11N=10B−3N3.018.521.07.501729-31.0
9Nguyen Quoc Khanh1553VIE−10N+11N−6B−13B−15N+16N+14B3.016.018.07.001678+40.8
10Vu, Thi Dieu UyenWFM1873VIE+9B−1B−5N−4N+16B=8N−6B2.524.526.56.501803-17.6
11Nguyen Phuc Cao Danh1814VIE−1N−9B+15N+14B=8B−7N−5B2.522.024.06.001712-43.6
12Tran Thien Phuc1708VIE=7N+14B−2N=8N−4B=13N−16B2.521.523.57.001745+1.6
13Nguyen Khanh Van1550VIE−6B=16N−8B+9N=14N=12BF2.517.019.06.501661+28.8
14Nguyen Viet Dung1580VIE=8B−12N+16B−11N=13B=15N−9N2.515.517.55.751607+4.8
15Nguyen Tien Thanh1714VIE−3B−4N−11B=16N+9B=14BF2.020.022.05.251667-21.2
16Tran Thanh Thao1715VIE−2N=13B−14N=15B−10N−9B+12N2.018.520.54.751570-60.0

Key insights

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