Thai Dai Van Nguyen

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

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	2674 (June 2025)
Peak rating	2677 (March 2025)
Ranking	No. 49 (June 2025)
Peak ranking	No. 46 (March 2025)

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 U18 section.^[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]