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5th Rating Rocket Chess Tournament 2026

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9 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 29 Mar 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Top 10 Elo average was 1053, and top seed was Hai Minh Huy Pham (🇻🇳 VIE, 1694).

Bui Do Minh Lam (🇻🇳 VIE, 1592) won with 2.5/5, ahead of Nguyen Lam Phuong Nam (2.5) and Le Gia Bao (2.5). Lam shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Vo Nguyen Phuc Huy (1477) beat Nguyen Quang Minh (1680), a +203-point gap.

Location
🇻🇳Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dates
29 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇻🇳Hai Minh Huy Pham1694
Avg top 10
1,053
Participants
9
Federations · 1 represented
🇻🇳Vietnam×9
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 4 players tied at 2.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
2
2
1
3
4
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Ngoc2.5Lam2.5Nam2.5Bao2.5Minh2Son1.5— ex-leaders:Baoled R3, #8
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 2.5/5. Lam takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nguyen Huynh Hong Ngoc beat Bui Do Minh Lam (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Bui Do Minh Lam1592VIEF+5N4B+6N=3B2.58.58.54.751773+29.2
2Nguyen Lam Phuong Nam1462VIE+3N=6BF4N+8B2.58.08.04.751580+18.4
3Le Gia Bao0VIE2B+9N+7BF=1N2.57.07.03.2513340.0
4Nguyen Huynh Hong Ngoc1571VIEFF+1N+2B=7N2.56.56.55.752327+35.2
5Nguyen Quang Minh1680VIEF1B+6N8B+9B2.06.06.02.001462-34.4
6Pham, Hai Minh Huy1694VIE+7B=2N5B1BF1.58.58.52.751305-58.0
7Le Hai Minh Son0VIE6N+8B3NF=4B1.58.08.02.7515800.0
8Vo Nguyen Phuc Huy1477VIE=9B7NF+5N2N1.56.56.52.251571+9.6
9Tran Thien Khai0VIE=8N3BFF5N0.56.06.00.7513860.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets