Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn
 Trường Sơn in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 February 1990 Rach Soi, Rach Gia, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam |
| Spouse | |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Title | Grandmaster (2005) |
| FIDE rating | 2600 (August 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2665 (November 2011) |
| Peak ranking | No. 77 (June 2015) |
Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (born 23 February 1990) is a Vietnamese chess player. The second-best player in Vietnam, he is the youngest Vietnamese ever to become a Grandmaster,[1] and one of the youngest grandmasters in the history of the game, having qualified for the title at the age of fourteen.[2]
Chess career
Trường Sơn learned to play chess at the age of 3. He won a gold medal at the World Youth Championships in the Under 10 category in 2000.[3] He was honored as the Vietnamese "athlete of the year" in 2004.[4] In 2006, Trường Sơn won the Asian Junior (under 20) Championship in New Delhi, on tiebreak over Shyam Sundar M. after they both finished on 7/9 points.[4][5]
In August 2014, he, Lê Quang Liêm, and other Vietnamese chess players participated in 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway. With +7=3-0 result, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son won the gold medal on Board Two thanks to his rating performance of 2843.[6][7]
He repeated this feat at the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia. Playing board 2, he again won the gold medal with an identical score of +7=3-0 for 8.5/10 and an Elo rating performance of 2804.[8] He won bronze in the Chess.com competition at the 2023 Olympic Esports Week.[9]
Personal life
In April 2015, he married compatriot International Master Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên.[10]
References
- ↑ "Int'l chess youth prodigy touches gold for Vietnam". Voice of Vietnam News. Archived from the original on 2005-03-23. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ↑ "The world's second-youngest grandmaster". ChessBase. 2004-12-19. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ↑ Crowther, Mark (2000-10-30). "TWIC 312: World Youth Championships Oropesa del Mar". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- 1 2 "Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son". Chess Network Company. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ↑ "Vietnamese takes Asia junior chess champs". Viet Nam News. 2006-11-16. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open". chess-results.com.
- ↑ "Tromso Final". Chess News. August 14, 2014.
- ↑ Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter (7 October 2018). "Chess Olympiad: Celebrating The Winners". Chess.com.
- ↑ Olympics.com. "Chess.com — Olympic Esports Series". Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ↑ Cặp đôi làng cờ Trường Sơn - Thảo Nguyên nên duyên vợ chồng (Vietnamese) zing.vn
External links
- Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen rating card at FIDE
- Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen chess games at 365Chess.com
- Ngoc Truongson Nguyen player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Kiên Giang province
- Chess Grandmasters
- World Youth Chess Champions
- Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Chess players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for Vietnam
- SEA Games medalists in chess
- SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam
- SEA Games silver medalists for Vietnam
- SEA Games bronze medalists for Vietnam
- Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games
- 21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen
- Chess Olympiad competitors
- 20th-century chess players
- 21st-century Vietnamese chess players
- Competitors at the 2025 SEA Games