3rd Young Talent Chess Club Tournament 2026 - Challenger

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59 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 May 2026 to 02 May 2026 in Da Nang, Vietnam. Top 10 Elo average was 1613, and top seed was Nguyen Hoang Vi (🇻🇳 VIE, 1699).

Nguyen Huu Khang (🇻🇳 VIE, 1677) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Pham Minh Nhat (5.5) and Ha Cong Tuan Anh (5.5). Khang won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Ha Cong Tuan Anh (1595) beat Nguyen Hoang Vi (1699), a +104-point gap.

Location

🇻🇳Da Nang, Vietnam

Dates

01 May 2026 → 02 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇻🇳Nguyen Hoang Vi1699

Avg top 10

1,613

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇻🇳Vietnam×34

Top 3

🥇
Nguyen Huu Khang
🇻🇳VIE·1677
6.0pts·1937perf+43.2
🥈
Pham Minh Nhat
🇻🇳VIE·1651
5.5pts·1681perf+6.0
🥉
Ha Cong Tuan Anh
🇻🇳VIE·1595
5.5pts·1801perf+33.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Nguyen Huu Khang led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Khang6Dang5.5Nhat5.5Anh5.5Thang5.5Phuc5.5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Nguyen Huu Khang held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nguyen Huu Khang drew with Phan Hai Dang (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Nguyen Huu Khang 5 wins (R1–R5)Pham Minh Nhat 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Nguyen Huu Khang	*	½	1	½
2Phan Hai Dang	½	*	—	½
3Pham Minh Nhat	0	—	*	½
4Ha Cong Tuan Anh	½	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Nguyen Huu Khang	1677	VIE	+13N	+18B	+19N	+4B	+2N	=5B	=3N	6.0	30.5	34.5	29.00	1937	+43.2
2	Pham Minh Nhat	1651	VIE	+45N	+25B	+12N	+7B	−1B	=3N	+15B	5.5	29.5	32.0	23.25	1681	+6.0
3	Ha Cong Tuan Anh	1595	VIE	+58N	+11B	=5N	+37B	+8N	=2B	=1B	5.5	29.5	29.5	21.00	1801	+33.2
4	Le Cong Thang	1619	VIE	+9B	+26N	+17B	−1N	+27B	=15N	+16B	5.5	28.5	32.0	23.75	1607	-1.2
5	Phan Hai Dang	0	VIE	+29B	+?N	=3B	+?B	+20N	=1N	=8B	5.5	24.0	24.0	15.75	1692	0.0
6	Truong Duy Gia Phuc	1529	VIE	=35N	+46B	−53N	+22B	+40N	+18B	+11N	5.5	21.5	23.5	19.75	797	-16.4
7	Tran Quy Ngoc	1547	VIE	+33B	+43N	+15B	−2N	+9B	=16N	=10B	5.0	28.0	31.0	20.75	851	-14.4
8	Nguyen Hoang Vi	1699	VIE	+56B	+30N	+27B	=20N	−3B	+29N	=5N	5.0	25.5	26.5	16.25	1640	-12.4
9	Le Thanh Minh Nhat	0	VIE	−4N	+?B	+39N	+23B	−7N	+?B	+20N	5.0	21.5	21.5	11.00	1601	0.0
10	Tran Nguyen Hung	0	VIE	−37N	+51B	+45N	=18B	+12N	+?B	=7N	5.0	21.0	21.0	13.50	1592	0.0
11	Pham Hoang Nguyen	0	VIE	+?B	−3N	+30B	=12B	+32N	+21N	−6B	4.5	26.5	26.5	13.25	1558	0.0
12	Pham Quang Huy	1526	VIE	+52B	+31N	−2B	=11N	−10B	+41N	+28B	4.5	25.0	27.0	14.25	851	-13.2
13	FIDE 12492272	0	—	−1B	+50N	−36B	+57N	+44B	=28N	+27B	4.5	20.5	21.5	10.75	1607	0.0
14	Le Minh Triet	0	VIE	+42B	−?B	−22N	=24N	+46B	+31N	+33B	4.5	20.5	20.5	14.50	852	0.0
15	Nguyen Tuan Danh Khoa	0	VIE	+?N	+?B	−7N	+19B	+?N	=4B	−2N	4.5	20.0	20.0	6.75	1612	0.0
16	Nguyen The Son	0	VIE	−27B	+?N	+?B	+?N	+21B	=7B	−4N	4.5	18.0	18.0	6.50	1577	0.0
17	FIDE 12482234	0	—	+44N	+?B	−4N	−?B	+49N	=27N	+29B	4.5	17.0	17.0	9.75	1497	0.0
18	FIDE 12465917	0	—	+50B	−1N	+33B	=10N	+31B	−6N	=24B	4.0	27.5	29.5	13.50	803	0.0
19	Tran Nha Phuong	1537	VIE	+24B	+34N	−1B	−15N	+52B	−22N	+41B	4.0	25.0	27.0	12.50	877	-12.4
20	Pham Ngoc Tung Lan	1596	VIE	+51N	+54B	+32N	=8B	−5B	=26N	−9B	4.0	25.0	27.0	12.00	1770	+18.0
21	Le Phuoc An	1603	VIE	=38N	+39B	=23N	+28B	−16N	−11B	+37N	4.0	22.5	25.5	13.00	1546	-3.2
22	Tran Minh Bao Khang	0	VIE	+?B	−27N	+14B	−6N	+30N	+19B	−?N	4.0	21.0	21.0	12.00	1456	0.0
23	Nguyen Thanh Lam	1546	VIE	=46N	+38B	=21B	−9N	−41B	+42N	+49B	4.0	20.5	22.5	11.25	1603	+3.2
24	FIDE 12498270	0	—	−19N	−28B	+?N	=14B	+?N	+32B	=18N	4.0	19.5	19.5	7.75	1508	0.0
25	FIDE 12461300	0	—	+49B	−2N	+34B	−?B	+36N	−?N	+39B	4.0	17.0	17.0	11.50	807	0.0
26	Nguyen Thanh Hau	0	VIE	+?N	−4B	+?N	+53B	=?N	=20B	−?B	4.0	11.5	11.5	4.00	1522	0.0
27	Vo Lan Khue	1536	VIE	+16N	+22B	−8N	+36B	−4N	=17B	−13N	3.5	28.0	31.0	13.75	859	-26.8
28	Dao Tien Duc	0	VIE	−31B	+24N	+43B	−21N	+34N	=13B	−12N	3.5	24.0	27.0	12.75	765	0.0
29	Huynh Viet Gia Huy	0	VIE	−5N	+58B	=40N	+38B	+37N	−8B	−17N	3.5	24.0	24.0	7.50	899	0.0
30	Dang Phung Nam Phuong	1452	VIE	+40N	−8B	−11N	+46N	−22B	=34B	+36N	3.5	23.0	25.5	10.25	899	-7.6
31	FIDE 561016110	0	—	+28N	−12B	+54N	=32B	−18N	−14B	+45N	3.5	22.5	24.5	9.75	1297	0.0
32	Le Hai My	1454	VIE	+57B	+36N	−20B	=31N	−11B	−24N	+44B	3.5	21.5	22.5	8.25	796	-12.4
33	FIDE 12455679	0	—	−7N	+?B	−18N	=?N	+?B	+35B	−14N	3.5	17.0	17.0	3.50	1313	0.0
34	FIDE 12462373	0	—	+?B	−19B	−25N	+?N	−28B	=30N	+?B	3.5	15.0	15.0	1.75	1487	0.0
35	FIDE 12492400	0	—	=6B	−?N	−?B	+?N	+?B	−33N	+47B	3.5	11.5	11.5	5.25	1304	0.0
36	FIDE 561013471	0	—	+?B	−32B	+13N	−27N	−25B	+55N	−30B	3.0	21.0	21.0	6.50	681	0.0
37	Ho Vu Khoi Nguyen	0	VIE	+10B	+53B	=?N	−3N	−29B	=?N	−21B	3.0	20.0	20.0	7.00	1510	0.0
38	Le Truong Nam Tu	0	VIE	=21B	−23N	+48B	−29N	=42B	−49N	+50B	3.0	19.0	21.0	8.00	1382	0.0
39	FIDE 12492620	0	—	+?B	−21N	−9B	+55N	−?B	+52N	−25N	3.0	17.0	17.0	4.00	734	0.0
40	Pham Ngoc Tung Minh	0	VIE	−30B	+56N	=29B	+?N	−6B	=47N	−?B	3.0	16.0	16.0	4.00	682	0.0
41	Nguyen Gia Khang	0	VIE	−?N	+44B	−?N	+?B	+23N	−12B	−19N	3.0	15.0	15.0	6.50	1318	0.0
42	FIDE 12462675	0	—	−14N	=47N	−?B	+?B	=38N	−23B	+56N	3.0	15.0	15.0	3.75	746	0.0
43	FIDE 12463078	0	—	+?N	−7B	−28N	−?B	+51N	+?B	−?N	3.0	10.5	10.5	2.00	738	0.0
44	Tran Nguyen Kiet	0	VIE	−17B	−41N	+56B	+47N	−13N	=45B	−32N	2.5	20.5	21.5	4.75	654	0.0
45	FIDE 561012963	0	—	−2B	+49N	−10B	+50N	−?B	=44N	−31B	2.5	20.5	20.5	5.25	812	0.0
46	FIDE 12461628	0	—	=23B	−6N	+?N	−30B	−14N	−48B	+?B	2.5	20.0	20.0	2.00	1413	0.0
47	Le Duc Thanh	0	VIE	−?N	=42B	=57N	−44B	+?N	=40B	−35N	2.5	13.0	13.0	3.50	852	0.0
48	FIDE 12487171	0	—	−?N	=?B	−38N	−?B	+?N	+46N	−?B	2.5	5.5	5.5	2.50	1335	0.0
49	FIDE 561013641	0	—	−25N	−45B	F	+?N	−17B	+38B	−23N	2.0	18.0	18.0	3.00	746	0.0
50	FIDE 12466727	0	—	−18N	−13B	+51N	−45B	=?N	=?B	−38N	2.0	16.0	16.0	2.00	1472	0.0
51	FIDE 12461644	0	—	−20B	−10N	−50B	+56N	−43B	+?N	−?B	2.0	15.0	15.0	1.00	796	0.0
52	FIDE 12463035	0	—	−12N	+?N	−?B	+54B	−19N	−39B	−?N	2.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	745	0.0
53	Ho Phuoc Trung	1597	VIE	+59B	−37N	+6B	−26N	F	F	F	2.0	12.5	12.5	5.50	2329	+16.4
54	FIDE 12466778	0	—	+?B	−20N	−31B	−52N	−55B	−?N	+?B	2.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	796	0.0
55	FIDE 12492183	0	—	−?B	+?N	−?N	−39B	+54N	−36B	−?N	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.00	785	0.0
56	FIDE 561014850	0	—	−8N	−40B	−44N	−51B	F	+?N	−42B	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	899	0.0
57	FIDE 12486736	0	—	−32N	=?N	=47B	−13B	−?N	−?B	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	1.25	654	0.0
58	FIDE 561014958	0	—	−3B	−29N	−?B	F	F	F	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	795	0.0
59	Nguyen Ai Nghi	0	VIE	−53N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	797	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Nguyen Huu KhangVIE
+43.2
6.0 pts · #5
2Ha Cong Tuan AnhVIE
+33.2
5.5 pts · #10
3Pham Ngoc Tung LanVIE
+18.0
4.0 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Vo Lan KhueVIE
-26.8
3.5 pts · #47
2Truong Duy Gia PhucVIE
-16.4
5.5 pts · #32
3Tran Quy NgocVIE
-14.4
5.0 pts · #57

Biggest upsets

R5+104 Elo gap
Ha Cong Tuan Anh1595 beat Nguyen Hoang Vi1699