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1st Royalchess Rising Stars Tournaments 2026 - Standard

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26 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 21 May 2026 to 24 May 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Top 10 Elo average was 1655, and top seed was Le Ngoc Hieu (🇻🇳 VIE, 1878).

Luu Huong Cuong Thinh (🇻🇳 VIE, 1861) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Le Ngoc Hieu (5.5) and Bui Cong Minh (5.5). Thinh shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

Location
🇻🇳Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dates
21 May 2026 → 24 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇻🇳Le Ngoc Hieu1878
Avg top 10
1,655
Participants
26
Federations · 1 represented
🇻🇳Vietnam×15
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Luu Huong Cuong Thinh led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
14
7
3
3
4
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R6–R7 · LEAD HELD

Luu Huong Cuong Thinh held the sole lead from R6 through R7 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Luu Huong Cuong Thinh beat Le Ngoc Hieu (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Le Ngoc Hieu 3 wins (R1–R3)Bui Cong Minh 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Luu Huong Cuong Thinh1861VIE+15N+7B=4N+2B=3N+5B+6N6.030.033.528.251933+10.2
2Le Ngoc Hieu1878VIE+17B+8N+5B1N+6B=3N+11B5.529.533.024.251855-1.6
3Bui Cong Minh1592VIE+14B+24N+9B=6N=1B=2B+7N5.528.530.522.501817+44.8
4Nguyen Tien Sang1658VIE+21B+19N=1B5N=7N+16B+13N5.026.029.018.751645-3.2
5Le Tran Dinh Lai1680VIE+18N+25B2N+4B+24N1N+10B5.026.027.015.501674-1.2
6Dao Khanh Lam1609VIE+12N+22B+11N=3B2N+13B1B4.528.531.016.751703+22.8
7Nguyen Hoang Thien Tri1541VIE+23B1N+21B+10N=4B+8N3B4.528.030.516.501576+4.0
8Huynh Xuan An1542VIE+16N2B+12N=13B+22N7B+14N4.524.527.015.251366-27.2
9Dang Minh Anh0VIE=20B+?N3N+15B13N+22B+21N4.521.021.010.507460.0
10FIDE 1150953170+?N11B+16N7B+12N+24B5N4.023.023.09.508350.0
11Le Nguyen Nhat Quang1685VIE+26B+10N6B+25NF+21B2N4.018.018.08.00944-34.0
12FIDE 56101677206B+?N8B+?N10B+25N+24N4.016.016.03.0013990.0
13Tran Kim An1499VIEF+20N+14B=8N+9B6N4B3.525.025.013.251330-23.2
14Nguyen Trinh Viet Ngu0VIE3N+?B13N+18B=15N+19N8B3.524.024.08.757440.0
15Ly Bao Nguyen0VIE1B=23N+20B9N=14B+?N=16B3.523.023.07.7516410.0
16FIDE 56101805808B+17N10B+?N+25B4N=15N3.521.521.56.258000.0
17Le Thuan Phu0VIE2N16B=?N=20B=18N+23B+22N3.520.520.58.2510780.0
18FIDE 56101780905B+?N24B14N=17B+20N+?N3.517.017.04.758800.0
19FIDE 5610164540+?N4B=22N24B+23N14B+?N3.515.515.53.758580.0
20FIDE 5610098140=9N13B15N=17N+?B18B+?N3.018.518.54.0014600.0
21FIDE 1246949104N+?B7N+?B+?B11N9B3.018.018.00.0013830.0
22FIDE 5610025500+?B6N=19B+23N8B9N17B2.523.023.04.2513990.0
23FIDE 56101684507N=15B+?N22B19B17N+25B2.518.518.52.757410.0
24Nguyen Pham Bich Ngoc0VIEF3B+18N+19N5B10N12B2.025.525.57.008360.0
25FIDE 5610180230+?B5NF11B16N12B23N1.019.019.00.008830.0
26FIDE 561017817011N?B?B?N?BF?N0.04.04.00.007530.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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