Thai Dai Van Nguyen

Thai Dai Van Nguyen
Thai Dai Van Nguyen in 2025
Country	Czech Republic
Born	(2001-12-12) 12 December 2001 (age 23) Prague, Czech Republic
Title	Grandmaster (2018)
FIDE   rating	2677 (March 2025)
Peak rating	2677 (March 2025)
Ranking	No. 46 (March 2025)
Peak ranking	No. 46 (March 2025)

Thai Dai Van Nguyen ^{[a] [b]} (born 12 December 2001) is a Czech chess grandmaster.

Biography

Nguyen's father is a Vietnamese businessman. ^[3]

In 2011, Nguyen won the Czech Youth Chess Championship in the U10 age group. ^[4] After that, he twice in a row won the Czech Youth Chess Championship in the U12 age group (2012, 2013). ^{[5] [6]}

In 2016, Nguyen was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title ^[7] and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title two years later. ^[8] At just 16, Nguyen became the youngest chess grandmaster in the Czech Republic.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2017, he participated in the Budapest International Chess Tournaments First Saturday, where he won twice. ^{[9] [10]} He participated in the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in the different age groups. Best result - in 2019, in Bratislava, Nguyen won the European Youth Chess Championship in the O18 age group. ^[11]

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2025, Nguyen won the Challengers section of Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, tied with Azerbaijani grandmaster Aydin Suleymanli for the first place, but clutching the victory on the tiebreaks. ^[12]

Notes

1. Vietnamese: Nguyễn Thái Đại Văn
2. His first names are Thai Dai Van, but he introduces himself as Van. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Konopka, Michal. "Pár otázek Vanovi". Šachový svaz České republiky (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-01-23.
2. "Který sport by si Thai Dai Van Nguyen vybral, kdyby neexceloval v šachu?", Forbes (in Czech), retrieved 2023-01-23
3. Lazarová, Daniela (21 March 2019). "Youngest chess grandmaster on his biggest victory and the secret to success". Czech Radio . Retrieved 2019-08-21.
4. "Mistrovstvi CR mladeze 2011 - H10". Chess-results.com.
5. "MČR mládeže - H12". Chess-results.com.
6. "Kategorie H12". Chess-results.com.
7. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
8. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
9. "First Saturday GM August 2017". Chess-results.com.
10. "First saturday GM December 2017". Chess-results.com.
11. "European Youth Chess Championships 2019 Open U18". Chess-results.com.
12. "Praggnanandhaa wins Tata Steel Chess Masters 2025". European Chess Union. February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 5, 2025.

External links

• Thai Dai Van Nguyen player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Thai Dai Van Nguyen chess games at 365chess.com