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7th An Giang Chess Tournament - Chess Star Cup 2026 - Championship Category

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14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 May 2026 to 24 May 2026 in An Giang, Vietnam. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1913, and top seed was Bao Khoa (🇻🇳 VIE, IM, 2199).

Nguyen Le Nhat Quang (🇻🇳 VIE, 2029) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Chan Hung Lu (5.5) and Bao Khoa (4.5). Quang shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Nguyen Phuc Cao Danh (1754) beat Bao Khoa (IM, 2199), a +445-point gap.

Location
🇻🇳An Giang, Vietnam
Dates
23 May 2026 → 24 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇻🇳IMBao Khoa2199
Avg top 10
1,913
Participants
14
Titled players · 3
IM×2
WFM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇻🇳Vietnam×14
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Nguyen Le Nhat Quang
    🇻🇳VIE·2029
    5.5pts·2181perf+54.8
  • 🥈
    IMChan Hung Lu
    🇻🇳VIE·2173
    5.5pts·2178perf+3.6
  • 🥉
    IMBao Khoa
    🇻🇳VIE·2199
    4.5pts·2024perf-23.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
2
1
2
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Quang takes lead
Quang5.5Lu5.5Hieu4.5Khoa4.5Danh4Nguyen3.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE24 May

Nguyen Le Nhat Quang takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Quang takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nguyen Le Nhat Quang beat IM Chan Hung Lu (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nguyen Le Nhat Quang*
1
1
½
2IMChan Hung Lu
0
*
1
½
3Pham Minh Hieu
0
0
*—
4IMBao Khoa
½
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nguyen Le Nhat Quang2029VIE+8B=6N=5B+2N+7B+4B=3N5.525.529.023.002181+54.8
2Lu, Chan HungIM2173VIE+10N+7B+4N−1B=3N+5B+6N5.525.528.520.752178+3.6
3Bao KhoaIM2199VIE−5B+13N+6B=7N=2B+9N=1B4.525.527.015.752024-23.6
4Pham Minh Hieu2002VIE+11N+12B−2B=5N+6B−1N+8B4.525.027.514.501954-4.4
5Nguyen Phuc Cao Danh1754VIE+3N=10B=1N=4B=12N−2N+11B4.026.028.515.251969+69.6
6Tran Tuan Khang1928VIE+9N=1B−3N+12B−4N+7B−2B3.527.029.512.251958+11.2
7Tran, Le Dan ThuyWFM1930VIE+13B−2N+8B=3B−1N−6N+14B3.524.025.08.251892-5.4
8Nguyen Phuoc Nguyen1673VIE−1N+9B−7N=10B+14N+12B−4N3.522.523.58.501804+42.0
9Nguyen Viet Dung1619VIE−6B−8N+14B=11N+13B−3B+10N3.519.020.07.001743+40.4
10Nguyen Tien Thanh1685VIE−2B=5N+13B=8N−11B+14N−9B3.021.022.06.251668-12.8
11Le Sy Nguyen1652VIE−4B+14N−12N=9B+10N=13B−5N3.019.020.06.501673+3.2
12Nguyen, Tri Thinh1755VIE+14B−4N+11B−6N=5B−8N−13N2.520.021.06.001648-21.4
13Tran Duc Loc1638VIE−7N−3B−10N−14B−9N=11N+12B1.520.021.04.001525-42.4
14Nguyen Quang Thuan1605VIE−12N−11B−9N+13N−8B−10B−7N1.019.020.51.501398-63.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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