Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn

{{Infobox chess biography

| name = Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn

| image = Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son in HDBank 2016 (cropped).jpg

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| country = Vietnam

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|2|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rach Soi, Rach Gia, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam

| title = Grandmaster (2005)

| peakrating = 2665 (November 2011)

| peakranking = No. 77 (June 2015)

| FideID = 12401110

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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,{{cite web |publisher=Voice of Vietnam News |accessdate=11 November 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323202149/http://www.vov.org.vn/2005_02_08/english/baituan/nhanvatvasukien.htm |url=http://www.vov.org.vn/2005_02_08/english/baituan/nhanvatvasukien.htm |title=Int'l chess youth prodigy touches gold for Vietnam |archivedate=2005-03-23}} and one of the youngest grandmasters in the history of the game, having qualified for the title at the age of fourteen.{{cite web |title=The world's second-youngest grandmaster |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/the-world-s-second-youngest-grandmaster |publisher=ChessBase |accessdate=9 November 2015 |date=2004-12-19}}

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.{{Cite web |title=TWIC 312: World Youth Championships Oropesa del Mar |last=Crowther |first=Mark |url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic312.html#7 |date=2000-10-30 |access-date=2020-08-07 |website=The Week in Chess}}

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.{{cite web |title=Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son |url=http://www.chessnc.com/biography/person-309.html |publisher=Chess Network Company |accessdate=9 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407200350/http://www.chessnc.com/biography/person-309.html |archivedate=7 April 2016}}{{cite web |title=Vietnamese takes Asia junior chess champs |url=https://vietnamnews.vn/sports/159192/vietnamese-takes-asia-junior-chess-champs.html |website=Viet Nam News |accessdate=9 November 2015 |date=2006-11-16}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr140380.aspx?lan=1&art=20&flag=30&wi=821&snr=31|title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open|website=chess-results.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/tromso-final|title=Tromso Final|date=August 14, 2014|website=Chess News}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/chess-olympiad-celebrating-the-winners|title=Chess Olympiad: Celebrating The Winners|first=Peter|last=Doggers (PeterDoggers)|website=Chess.com|date=7 October 2018 }}

= Career highlights =

1999: Bronze medal, Asia U-10 Chess Championship.
2000: Gold medal, World U-10 Chess Championship. Second place, Vietnam's 'athlete of the year'
2001: Gold medalist at the Asia U-12 Chess Championship
September 2002: awarded International Master title
December 2004: awarded International Grandmaster title. Vietnam's 'athlete of the year'
December 2005: Individual Rapid and Standard Chess Champion, South East Asia Games 23, Philippines.
February 2010: 5th place in the Aeroflot Open
July 2010: 2nd place in the Biel Chess Festival
June 2013: 5th place in World Blitz championship
March 2014: Winner of 4th HD Bank Cup (7/9, +5 =4)
August 2014: Board 2 Gold medal (8.5/10, +7 =3), achieving a performance rating of 2843 in the 41st Chess Olympiad.
September 2017: competed at Chess World Cup.
September 2018: Board 2 Gold medal (8.5/10, +7 =3), achieving a performance rating of 2804 in the 43rd Chess Olympiad.
June 2023: 3rd place in the Olympic Esports Series.

Personal life

In April 2015, he married compatriot International Master Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên.[https://znews.vn/cap-doi-lang-co-truong-son-thao-nguyen-nen-duyen-vo-chong-post527301.html Cặp đôi làng cờ Trường Sơn - Thảo Nguyên nên duyên vợ chồng] (Vietnamese) zing.vn