Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn
Vietnamese chess grandmaster (born 1990)
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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]
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| 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 (May 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2665 (November 2011) |
| Peak ranking | No. 77 (June 2015) |
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]
