Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng (born 28 January 1994) is a Vietnamese

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

player who holds the

FIDE title FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2014). She is a Vietnamese Women's Chess Championship winner (2013), Women's Asian Team Chess Championship team gold winner (2009), World Women's Team Chess Championships individual gold winner (2011), and Asian Games bronze medalist (2010).

Biography

Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng is the youngest of three sisters in the family. She came to chess from the age of 7. In 2005, she won the Asian Youth Chess Championship in the U12 girl's age group. In 2007, Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng won the Asian Youth Chess Championship in the U14 girl's age group. In 2010, she won the Asian Youth Chess Championship in the U16 girl's age group and ranked second in

World Youth Chess Championship The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cade ...

in the U16 girl's age group. In April 2013, Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng won the Asian Junior Chess Championship in the U20 girl's age group. In 2013, she won Vietnamese Women's Chess Championship. Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng played for Vietnam in the

Women's Chess Olympiad The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympia ...

s: * In 2010, at third board in the 39th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+3, =3, -2), * In 2012, at second board in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+6, =2, -3), * In 2014, at first board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+2, =5, -3), * In 2016, at third board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+6, =4, -1), * In 2018, at fourth board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+6, =3, -0). Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng played for Vietnam in the World Women's Team Chess Championships: * In 2011, at third board in the 3rd Women's World Team Chess Championship in Mardin (+2, =3, -1) and won individual bronze medal, * In 2017, at fourth board in the 5th Women's World Team Chess Championship in

(+3, =2, -3). Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng played for Vietnam in the Women's Asian Team Chess Championships: * In 2009, at fourth board in the 6th Asian Team Chess Championship (women) in

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

(+4, =0, -1) and won team and individual gold medals, * In 2012, at fourth board in the 5th Asian Team Chess Championship (women) in

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(+3, =2, -2) and won team bronze medal, * In 2014, at first board in the 8th Asian Women's Nations Chess Cup in

Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...

(+0, =2, -2), * In 2016, at third board in the 9th Asian Women's Nations Chess Cup in Abu Dhabi (+4, =1, -3). Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng played for Vietnam in the Asian Games: * In 2010, at fourth board in the 16th Asian Games (chess - women) in

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

(+4, =1, -2) and won team bronze medal. In 2010, she was awarded the FIDE

Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating an ...

(WIM) title and received the FIDE

Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WGM) title the four years later.

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* * * 1994 births Living people Vietnamese chess players Chess Woman Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Asian Games medalists in chess Asian Games bronze medalists for Vietnam Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games Chess players at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games SEA Games medalists in chess SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games 21st-century Vietnamese women 21st-century Vietnamese people People from Bắc Giang Province {{Vietnam-chess-bio-stub