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Dao Thien Hai
Number of games in database: 345
Years covered: 1990 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2531
Highest rating achieved in database: 2572
Overall record: +103 -60 =141 (57.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      41 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Slav (30)      D17 D15 D18 D19 D12  King's Indian (29)      E90 E73 E70 E92 E74  Semi-Slav (23)      D45 D43 D44  Nimzo Indian (20)      E32 E34 E38 E35 E47  Grunfeld (16)      D85 D70 D87 D86  Queen's Indian (15)      E15 E12 E13 E17	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (62)      B90 B51 B22 B42 B52  Slav (23)      D11 D10 D13 D15 D17  Sicilian Najdorf (22)      B90 B92 B99 B96 B98  Petrov (14)      C42 C43  Semi-Slav (8)      D45 D47 D43 D46  English, 1 c4 e5 (6)      A29 A28 A26 A22

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Naiditsch vs Dao Thien Hai, 2008 0-1
   Dao Thien Hai vs F Jenni, 1998 1-0
   Wang Hao vs Dao Thien Hai, 2008 0-1
   Dao Thien Hai vs Ponomariov, 2000 1-0
   Dao Thien Hai vs Adams, 2000 1/2-1/2
   Adams vs Dao Thien Hai, 2000 1/2-1/2
   Dao Thien Hai vs V Malakhov, 1996 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

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DAO THIEN HAI (born May-10-1978) Vietnam [what is this?] Grandmaster (1995) and World U16 champion of 1993. At the JAPFA 2005 Chess Classic International, Dao Thien Hai defeated Susanto Megaranto in a match (3-3 in six games under classical time controls, winning 5-4 in a blitz tiebreaker). He is also a FIDE Trainer.

page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 345  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C Karadag vs Dao Thien Hai   0-1 39 1990 Novi Sad ol (Men) D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted 2. DeFirmian vs Dao Thien Hai   1-0 32 1990 Olympiad B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 3. Dao Thien Hai vs H U Gruenberg   ½-½ 48 1990 Novi Sad ol (Men) E92 King's Indian 4. Dao Thien Hai vs J Singh   1-0 27 1990 Novi Sad ol (Men) A52 Budapest Gambit 5. Dao Thien Hai vs Shaked 1-0 102 1992 Ch World (cadets) (under 14) E81 King's Indian, Samisch 6. M Turov vs Dao Thien Hai   ½-½ 51 1992 Wch U14 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 7. Dao Thien Hai vs Kasimdzhanov   ½-½ 32 1993 Wch U16 D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. Krasenkow vs Dao Thien Hai   ½-½ 23 1993 Las Palmas3 A81 Dutch 9. Movsesian vs Dao Thien Hai   ½-½ 73 1993 Wch U16 B07 Pirc 10. Leko vs Dao Thien Hai   1-0 29 1993 Budapest FS10 B07 Pirc 11. Dao Thien Hai vs DeFirmian   0-1 41 1993 Tilburg (Netherlands) E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 12. Yudasin vs Dao Thien Hai   1-0 59 1993 Las Palmas3 B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 13. DeFirmian vs Dao Thien Hai   1-0 55 1993 Tilburg (Netherlands) B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 14. Dao Thien Hai vs Smirin   ½-½ 49 1993 Las Palmas3 A65 Benoni, 6.e4 15. Dao Thien Hai vs J Magem Badals   ½-½ 62 1993 Las Palmas3 D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. Dao Thien Hai vs Granda-Zuniga 1-0 76 1994 Moscow olm VIE-PER 44 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 17. Dao Thien Hai vs Svidler   ½-½ 43 1994 cadets A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 18. Dao Thien Hai vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 44 1994 Moscow olm E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 19. Smyslov vs Dao Thien Hai   ½-½ 11 1994 Muenster (Germany) B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 20. Dao Thien Hai vs Oral   1-0 41 1994 Wch U18 E73 King's Indian 21. Dao Thien Hai vs Ivanchuk   0-1 51 1994 Moscow olm D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. Dao Thien Hai vs V A Loginov   1-0 48 1994 Budapest FS09 GM E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 23. Dao Thien Hai vs Silman   ½-½ 14 1994 Budapest FS 03 GM D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 24. Dao Thien Hai vs Zsofia Polgar   ½-½ 88 1994 It, Muenster (Germany) D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 25. Dao Thien Hai vs Silman   0-1 56 1994 Budapest FS 02 GM A50 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 345    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Dao Thien Hai wins | Dao Thien Hai loses

Sep-24-03    patzer2: Dao Thien H (with no listed rating here) looks awful strong only to have two games in the data base, and with both of those being wins against strong GMs. Does anyone have any information on Dao Thien H? May-10-05    WorldChampeen: Vietnamese GM Dao Thien Hai defeated GM Susanto Megaranto in a recent match. - http://www.thanhniennews.com/sports... May-10-05    SpikeyMikey: Think he won the World U18 champs in 1994 in Bratilslava if its the same guy I'm thinking of. I did very badly at the World U16 in the same year :o) May-11-05    WorldChampeen: The article I believe states, they split the match of standard games and that Dao won in a blitz match! Apr-20-06    Petrosian63: Vietnamese GM Dao Thien Hai's highest achieved rating is 2609 in 2005. Dec-16-06    Petrosian63: GM Dao Thien Hai won the silver medal in the Rapid at the Asian Games 2006. He beat Kasimdzhanov on the way. May-22-07    chessgames.com: We've received this player's name in several forms: Dao Thien Hai H Dao Thien Hai Dao Thien Thien Hai Dao and probably others as well. Does anybody know the proper way? May-22-07    darkwitch: To Chessgames.com: I think Dao is the surname and Thien Hai is the name. Like Xie Jun, Xie is the surname and Jun is the name. May-22-07    chessgames.com: So taking into account the fact that Asian/Indian names are usually presented "backwards" (family name first) then "Dao Thien Hai" would be the most correct/common presentation. Thanks. Jun-12-08    BIDMONFA: Dao Thien Hai DAO, Thien Hai http://www.bidmonfa.com/dao_thien_%... _ Feb-13-09    whiteshark: ME AM HAI TOO Jun-03-09    wordfunph II: i just hope GM Dao Thien Hai's photo i sent to CG will be posted here soon.. Jun-04-09    wordfunph: <CG> Thank you for posting GM Dao Thien Hai's photo!! This is my 3rd photo contibution.. Jun-04-09    SugarDom: What a career! May-10-10    wordfunph: happy 32nd birthday GM Dao Thien Hai! Nov-09-10    SvetlanaBabe: I saw this guy play in Singapore in 2005. The guy is a 'gun'. He is so good.

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