| Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn | |
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Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn in 2016
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| Country | Vietnam |
| Born | (1990-02-23) 23 February 1990 (age 34) Rach Soi, Rach Gia, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam |
| Title | Grandmaster (2005) |
| FIDE rating | 2633 (July 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2665 (November 2011) |
| Peak ranking | No. 77 (June 2015) |
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Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn ([ŋʷiəŋ˨˦ ŋawʔk͡p̚˨ˀ˧ʔ ʈɨ̞̠əŋ˨˩ ʂəːŋ˧˥]; born 23 February 1990) is a Vietnamese chess player. 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]
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]
In 2006, Trường Sơn won the Asian Junior (under 20) ChampionshipinNew 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 OlympiadinTromsø, 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 OlympiadinBatumi, 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]
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In April 2015, he married compatriot International Master Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên.[9]
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