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Thai Dai Van Nguyen
T Nguyen 
 

Number of games in database: 568
Years covered: 2014 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2674 (2525 rapid, 2563 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2677
Overall record: +149 -75 =255 (57.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 89 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (40) 
    B32 B92 B30 B90 B41
 Ruy Lopez (29) 
    C65 C78 C77 C67 C90
 Queen's Gambit Declined (22) 
    D37 D35 D30 D31 D39
 King's Indian (14) 
    E94 E73 E62 E66 E60
 Slav (14) 
    D10 D15 D11 D16 D13
 Caro-Kann (11) 
    B10 B18 B12 B11 B15
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (36) 
    B33 B51 B45 B30 B25
 English (21) 
    A13 A14 A15 A17
 Nimzo Indian (21) 
    E32 E46 E20 E52 E54
 Queen's Gambit Declined (21) 
    D37 D38 D35 D30 D31
 Ruy Lopez (20) 
    C78 C65 C67 C77 C89
 Queen's Pawn Game (16) 
    D02 E10 D04 E00 A45
Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   T Nguyen vs D Anton Guijarro, 2022 1-0
   J Vorisek vs T Nguyen, 2020 0-1
   A Greenfeld vs T Nguyen, 2021 0-1
   T Nguyen vs A Pijpers, 2025 1-0
   E Gurel vs T Nguyen, 2025 1/2-1/2
   T Nguyen vs V Minko, 2014 1-0
   M Parligras vs T Nguyen, 2023 0-1
   Y Zhang vs T Nguyen, 2023 0-1
   T Nguyen vs D Paravyan, 2019 1-0
   T Nguyen vs N Yakubboev, 2025 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Nguyen - Timman Match (2019)
   Tata Steel Challengers (2025)
   FSGM November (2017)
   Budapest Olympiad (2024)
   Czech Championship (2017)
   Menorca Open (2023)
   CZE Extraliga 2024/25 (2024)
   Czech Championship (2020)
   European Championship (2023)
   Pardubice Open-A (2018)
   European Championship (2018)
   Gibraltar Masters (2019)
   European Championship (2021)
   Chennai Olympiad (2022)
   Reykjavik Open (2015)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Bundesliga 2024/25
   T Nguyen vs N Grandelius (Apr-27-25) 1/2-1/2
   V Kazakouski vs T Nguyen (Apr-25-25) 1/2-1/2
   T Nguyen vs F Kaczur (Mar-30-25) 1/2-1/2
   D Vyprachticky vs T Nguyen (Mar-29-25) 0-1
   T Nguyen vs J Bernasek (Mar-28-25) 1-0

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THAI DAI VAN NGUYEN
(born Dec-12-2001, 23 years old) Czech Republic

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In 2011, Thai Dai Van Nguyen won the Czech Youth Chess Championship in the U10 age group. After that, he twice in a row won the Czech Youth Chess Championship in the U12 age group (2012, 2013).

In 2016, Thai Dai Van Nguyen was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title two years later. At just 16, Thai Dai Van Nguyen became the youngest chess grandmaster in the Czech Republic.

In 2017, he participated in the Budapest International Chess Tournaments First Saturday, where he won twice.

He participated in the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in the different age groups. Best result - in 2019, in Bratislava Thai Dai Van Nguyen won the European Youth Chess Championship in the O18 age group.

He played in Chess World Cup 2021, winning in the first round against Ádám Kozák but getting knocked out in the second round after losing against Andrey Esipenko.

Wikipedia article: Thai Dai Van Nguyen

Last updated: 2022-01-16 11:08:54

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 page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 568  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. T Nguyen vs V Minko 1-0222014Casino Graz OpenB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
2. R Felgaer vs T Nguyen 1-0332014Casino Graz OpenA22 English
3. T Nguyen vs P Schreiner ½-½282014Casino Graz OpenB32 Sicilian
4. M Freitag vs T Nguyen  0-1402014Casino Graz OpenD85 Grunfeld
5. P Simacek vs T Nguyen  1-0332014Czech ChampionshipC05 French, Tarrasch
6. T Nguyen vs S Kolar  1-0412014Czech ChampionshipC11 French
7. P Freisler vs T Nguyen  ½-½602014Czech ChampionshipD57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense
8. T Nguyen vs Blatny  0-1512014Czech ChampionshipC60 Ruy Lopez
9. L Voloshin vs T Nguyen 1-0642014Czech ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
10. T Nguyen vs J Didi  1-0582014Czech ChampionshipB83 Sicilian
11. J Obsivac vs T Nguyen  ½-½472014Czech ChampionshipD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. T Nguyen vs D Holemar  ½-½252014Czech ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
13. M Sindler vs T Nguyen  0-1792014Czech ChampionshipC05 French, Tarrasch
14. M Berchtenbreiter vs T Nguyen  ½-½332014Mitropa CupC11 French
15. T Nguyen vs A Istratescu  0-1512015Graz Open-AC16 French, Winawer
16. T Nguyen vs D Wallner  0-1342015Graz Open-AC77 Ruy Lopez
17. D Abbas vs T Nguyen  0-1332015Graz Open-AC05 French, Tarrasch
18. T Nguyen vs A Dehlinger  ½-½302015Graz Open-AA19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation
19. R Legenstein vs T Nguyen  0-1582015Graz Open-AB94 Sicilian, Najdorf
20. T Nguyen vs M Kruglyak  1-0272015Reykjavik OpenB10 Caro-Kann
21. T Nguyen vs S Gschwendtner  1-0352015Reykjavik OpenB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
22. Navara vs T Nguyen 1-0322015Reykjavik OpenE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
23. O Johannsson vs T Nguyen  0-1482015Reykjavik OpenB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
24. T Nguyen vs Z Pakleza  0-1562015Reykjavik OpenB06 Robatsch
25. J Kenney vs T Nguyen  0-1672015Reykjavik OpenA20 English
 page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 568  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-15-18  wordfunph: first!

16 y/o Vietnamese/Czech GM.

Aug-22-18  BIDMONFA: Thai Dai Van Nguyen

NGUYEN, Thai Dai Van
http://www.bidmonfa.com/nguyen_thai...
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Aug-13-19  Gypsy: European Champion U18 (2019)

https://www.lidovky.cz/sport/ostatn...

Apr-30-20  wordfunph: GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen won against Jan Timman 7-3 in a rapid match.
Feb-28-24  goodevans: I used to wear <tie dye> t-shirts back in the 70s. I hear it's back in fashion. Maybe I've still got one somewhere.
Nov-28-24  SilverWolf: Underrated player. I think he’s due for the 2700 club
Jan-27-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: Currently leading Wijk
Feb-02-25  Mimzovich: I mean tbh I think this dude will get 2700 soon. Probably not like become world class or anything, hut a very strong elite GM probably top 25 later.

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