GMThai Dai Van Nguyen
- FIDE ID
- 358878
About Thai Dai Van Nguyen
Thai Dai Van Nguyen was born in Prague in 2001 to a family with Vietnamese roots. He won the Czech under-10 championship in 2011, followed by consecutive under-12 titles in 2012 and 2013. He became an international master in 2016. In 2017, he won two First Saturday tournaments in Budapest. Show more
Thai Dai Van Nguyen was born in Prague in 2001 to a family with Vietnamese roots. He won the Czech under-10 championship in 2011, followed by consecutive under-12 titles in 2012 and 2013. He became an international master in 2016. In 2017, he won two First Saturday tournaments in Budapest. The following year, at sixteen, he became the Czech Republic's youngest grandmaster at the time.
Nguyen won the European under-18 championship in Bratislava in 2019. He competed in the 2021 World Cup, eliminating Ádám Kozák before losing to Andrey Esipenko. His 2025 Tata Steel Challengers victory brought promotion to the elite Masters section. He shared first in the classical event with Aydin Suleymanli and won their rapid playoff. He made his Tata Steel Masters debut in 2026.
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Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | 2023-01-29 | ECTCC Open 2023 | Tornelo INT | 2.1 | George Stoleriu | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 1/2-1/2 | 56 | Open |
| 302 | 2023-01-29 | ECTCC Open 2023 | Tornelo INT | 1.1 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Panagiotis Christodoulou | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 303 | 2023-01-07 | ECo-C Extraliga 2022-23 | Czech Republic CZE | 5.6 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Martin Petr | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 304 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 21.33 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Sam Shankland | 1/2-1/2 | 35 | Open |
| 305 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 20.25 | Aleksandar Indjic | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 306 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 19.32 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Jorden Van Foreest | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 307 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 18.3 | Ivan Cheparinov | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 1/2-1/2 | 27 | Open |
| 308 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 17.28 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Santosh Gujrathi Vidit | 1/2-1/2 | 108 | Open |
| 309 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 16.36 | Denis Kadric | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 310 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 15.31 | B. Adhiban | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 311 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 14.37 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Boris Gelfand | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 312 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 13.51 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Alisher Suleymenov | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 313 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 9.4 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Hans Moke Niemann | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 314 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 8.33 | Andrey Esipenko | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 315 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 7.44 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Velimir Ivic | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 316 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 6.64 | Aleksej Aleksandrov | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 0-1 | 61 | Open |
| 317 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 5.42 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Aryan Tari | 0-1 | 22 | Open |
| 318 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 4.44 | Pouya Idani | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 1/2-1/2 | 26 | Open |
| 319 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 3.37 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 1/2-1/2 | 18 | Open |
| 320 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 2.75 | Khumoyun Begmuratov | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 0-1 | 55 | Open |
| 321 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 12.59 | Daniil Lintchevski | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 0-1 | 21 | Open |
| 322 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 11.7 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Savva Vetokhin | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 323 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 10.56 | Alexandr Predke | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 1-0 | 77 | Open |
| 324 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 1.11 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Alexander Grischuk | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 325 | 2022-12-28 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 13.31 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 1/2-1/2 | 87 | Open |
| 326 | 2022-12-28 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 12.17 | Alexander Grischuk | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 327 | 2022-12-28 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 11.27 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Jorden Van Foreest | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 328 | 2022-12-28 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 10.27 | Maxim Matlakov | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 1/2-1/2 | 32 | Open |
| 329 | 2022-12-27 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 9.29 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | David Anton Guijarro | 1/2-1/2 | 29 | Open |
| 330 | 2022-12-27 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 8.32 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | A.R. Saleh Salem | 1/2-1/2 | 81 | Open |
| 331 | 2022-12-27 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 7.51 | Lev Zverev | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 332 | 2022-12-27 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 6.27 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 0-1 | 55 | Open |
| 333 | 2022-12-26 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 5.26 | Jules Moussard | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 1/2-1/2 | 22 | Open |
| 334 | 2022-12-26 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 4.55 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Amilal Munkhdalai | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 335 | 2022-12-26 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 3.26 | Timur Gareyev | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 336 | 2022-12-26 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 2.21 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Alexey Sarana | 1/2-1/2 | 47 | Open |
| 337 | 2022-12-26 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 1.85 | Sauat Nurgaliyev | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 338 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Edvin Trost | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 1/2-1/2 | 121 | Open |
| 339 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Airat Sadubayev | 0-1 | 51 | Open |
| 340 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Dushyant Sharma | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 341 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Gerson Principe | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 342 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Pawel Kukula | 1-0 | 20 | Open |
| 343 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Michal Tworuszka | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 344 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Sargis V. Manukyan | 0-1 | 23 | Open |
| 345 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Luis Enrique Valle Maytin | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 346 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Robert Aloma Vidal | 0-1 | 103 | Open |
| 347 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Krzysztof Jakubowski | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 348 | 2022-11-27 | Bundesliga 2022-23 | Muelheim GER | 4.3 | Nikola Sedlak | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 1/2-1/2 | 21 | Open |
| 349 | 2022-11-26 | Bundesliga 2022-23 | Muelheim GER | 3.3 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Ivan Saric | 1/2-1/2 | 33 | Open |
| 350 | 2022-11-25 | Bundesliga 2022-23 | Muelheim GER | 7.4 | Pentala Harikrishna | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 1/2-1/2 | 22 | Open |