7th Fancy Chess Tournament 2025 - Standard
22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 11 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Lam Dong, Vietnam. Top 10 Elo average was 1052, and top seed was Lam Gia Huy (🇻🇳 VIE, 2021).
Nhat Tan Bui (🇻🇳 VIE, 1891) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Nguyen Vu Lam (5.5) and Minh Thong Nguyen (5.0). Bui won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Nguyen Vu Lam (1505) beat Minh Thong Nguyen (1779), a +274-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsNhat Tan Bui led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Nhat Tan Bui never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Nhat Tan Bui beat Nguyen Vu Lam (White).
Nhat Tan Bui 7 wins (R1–R7)Nguyen Vu Lam 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nhat Tan Bui | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2Nguyen Vu Lam | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Nguyen Ngoc Nguyen Dan | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4Minh Thong Nguyen | 0 | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bui, Nhat Tan | 1891 | VIE | +19B | +20N | +5B | +3N | +2B | +9N | +6B | 7.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 27.00 | 2392 | +10.4 |
| 2 | Nguyen Vu Lam | 1505 | VIE | +10B | +8N | +9B | +11B | −1N | +3B | =7N | 5.5 | 29.0 | 32.5 | 23.25 | 1857 | +46.4 |
| 3 | Nguyen, Minh Thong | 1779 | VIE | +21B | +4N | +6B | −1B | +8N | −2N | +9B | 5.0 | 30.5 | 31.5 | 19.00 | 898 | -23.6 |
| 4 | Nguyen Ngoc Nguyen Dan | 0 | VIE | +?N | −3B | +13N | +14B | −6N | +12N | +10B | 5.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 14.50 | 1875 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Tran Hoang Bao Tram | 1424 | VIE | +12N | +16B | −1N | =6B | −11N | +15B | +19N | 4.5 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 14.75 | 1024 | -3.2 |
| 6 | Nang Quang Thinh | 0 | VIE | +?B | +?B | −3N | =5N | +4B | +11B | −1N | 4.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 10.75 | 1569 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Thai, Minh Hai | 1902 | VIE | −8N | +22N | =19B | =12N | +18B | +16B | =2B | 4.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 11.25 | 1956 | +9.6 |
| 8 | Nguyen Le Hoang Hieu | 0 | VIE | +7B | −2B | +?N | +18N | −3B | =?N | +16B | 4.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 10.00 | 1592 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Nguyen Tri Anh Minh | 0 | VIE | +?B | +?B | −2N | +?N | +?B | −1B | −3N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 1483 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 12489255 | 0 | — | −2N | −?N | +?B | +?B | +?N | +?B | −4N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 717 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Hoang Quoc Khanh | 0 | VIE | =13N | +14B | +18B | −2N | +5B | −6N | −?B | 3.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 12.25 | 1361 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 561011495 | 0 | — | −5B | +?N | =?N | =7B | +14N | −4B | =?N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 5.75 | 1470 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 12489530 | 0 | — | =11B | =?N | −4B | −16B | +?N | =18N | +21B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.00 | 1831 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Ogawa Khanh Dang | 0 | VIE | +?B | −11N | +20B | −4N | −12B | +?N | =?B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.00 | 1971 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Nguyen Thanh Hung | 0 | VIE | −?N | +17B | +?N | −?N | =?B | −5N | +18B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 676 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 12498602 | 0 | — | +?B | −5N | −?B | +13N | +?B | −7N | −8N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 3.50 | 1478 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 561013846 | 0 | — | −18B | −15N | −?N | +?B | +21B | −?N | +20B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1171 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Nguyen Vo Quynh Nhi | 0 | VIE | +17N | +?B | −11N | −8B | −7N | =13B | −15N | 2.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 4.75 | 1102 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 12490679 | 0 | — | −1N | F | =7N | +?B | −?N | +?N | −5B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.25 | 1466 | 0.0 |
| 20 | La Vien Minh Nguyen | 0 | VIE | +22B | −1B | −14N | −?N | −?B | F | −17N | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 1836 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 12489263 | 0 | — | −3N | F | −?B | −?B | −17N | +?B | −13N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 979 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Lam Gia Huy | 2021 | VIE | −20N | −7B | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1102 | -26.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Nguyen Vu LamVIE+46.45.5 pts · #3
- 2Bui, Nhat TanVIE+10.47.0 pts · #1
- 3Thai, Minh HaiVIE+9.64.5 pts · #2
- 1Lam Gia HuyVIE-26.40.0 pts · #18
- 2Nguyen, Minh ThongVIE-23.65.0 pts · #19
- 3Tran Hoang Bao TramVIE-3.24.5 pts · #15
- R6+274 Elo gap
- R2+119 Elo gap