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Chess House February Champion Cup 2026

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 24 Feb 2026 to 26 Feb 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Top 10 Elo average was 1381, and top seed was Minh Khai Pham (🇻🇳 VIE, 2056).

Truong Viet Khoa (🇻🇳 VIE, 1904) won with 5.5/9, ahead of Van Dinh Khoi (4.5) and Le Minh Man (4.0). Khoa shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Tuan Long Nguyen (1899) beat Minh Khai Pham (2056), a +157-point gap.

Location
🇻🇳Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dates
24 Feb 2026 → 26 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇻🇳Minh Khai Pham2056
Avg top 10
1,381
Participants
10
Federations · 1 represented
🇻🇳Vietnam×10
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Truong Viet Khoa led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
4
1
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Khoa takes lead
R6 · LEADER CHANGE25 Feb

Truong Viet Khoa takes the sole lead (4.0/6).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Truong Viet Khoa drew with Van Dinh Khoi (Black).

R2–R8 · UNBEATEN

Truong Viet Khoa went unbeaten across 7 games (R2–R8).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Truong Viet Khoa*
½
1
½
2Van Dinh Khoi
½
*
1
0
3Le Minh Man
0
0
*
4Huynh Trong Tri
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Truong Viet Khoa1904VIEF=5N+8B+3B=2N+7N=4N+6BF5.524.524.518.502235+83.6
2Van Dinh Khoi1907VIEF+3N+6B7N=1B=5N+10N4B=8N4.527.027.014.252109+64.8
3Le Minh Man2056VIE+9N2B=5B1NF+10B=7N8B+6N4.026.026.010.251959-31.2
4Huynh Trong Tri0VIE10BF=9NF+?B+6B=1B+2NF4.020.020.011.5019690.0
5Nguyen, Tuan Long1899VIE+7N=1B=3N=6N=10B=2B9NFF3.524.024.012.252042+47.6
6Le Thanh Trung Quoc2056VIE+8B+10N2N=5B=7B4NF1N3B3.028.528.57.251834-71.2
7Pham, Minh Khai2056VIE5BF+10N+2B=6N1B=3BFF3.026.026.09.501959-31.2
8Ha Thi Minh Thu0VIE6N=?B1NFFF=?B+3N=2B2.519.519.56.2518940.0
9Pham Dang Man Nhi0VIE3B=?N=4B=?NFF+5BFF2.514.014.05.5019780.0
10Danh Duc Khanh Huy1928VIE+4N6B7BF=5N3N2BFF1.522.022.05.751629-62.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets