GM Bui Vinh loves Chess and Vietnam

by Peter Long - 15/05/2024

Vietnam currently has 13 Grandmasters. One of the GMs, Bui Vinh, decided to use his experience, ambition and passion, develop the next generation of young talents. It led to the formation of his academy - The Future Grandmasters Chess Club in Hanoi in 2014. He realized that despite the sport being popular and well supported one, there was a lack of opportunities for his compatriots to gain ratings and earn title norms. Thus, he started his first GM/IM-norm tournaments in 2022. Check out how a Grandmaster attained the FA and subsequently IA title, created not only more norms and titles for players but also for arbiter. Peter Long who is participating IM A group, writes all in this report. Photos: FM FT IA Peter Long

A Passionate and Ambitious GM

After a successful completing his Grandmaster title in Hungary, Bui Vinh returned to his homeland in 2008. From his experience to achieve the GM title, Bui Vinh found a new ambition and passion - to develop the next generation of young Vietnamese talents, and which led to him starting his academy - The Future Grandmaster Chess Club - in Hanoi in 2014. Despite chess being a popular and well supported sport, Bui Vinh recognised there was still a lack of opportunities for players in his country to increase their ratings and to get title norms, and with that he started his first GM/IM tournament in Hanoi in 2022.

The full list:

1. Hanoi GM/IM Tournament from 23rd to 29th May 2022

2. Hanoi IM/FM/CM Tournament from 25th July to 8th Oct 2022

3. Hanoi GM/IM/FM Tournament from 22nd to 27th May 2023

4. Hanoi GM/IM Tournament from 30th May to 6th June 2023

5. Hanoi GM/IM Tournament from 19th to 25th March 2023

6. Hanoi GM/IM Tournament from 23rd to 29th May 2023

7. Hanoi GM/IM Tournament from 21st to 25th March 2024

8. Hanoi GM/IM Tournament from 26th to 31st March 2024

9. Quang Ninh GM/IM/FM Tournament from 14th to 19th May 2024

10. Hanoi GM/IM/FM Tournament from 21st to 26th May 2024

Initially it was not easy doing this but Bui Vinh persevered, subsequently adding the FA title in 2022 and the IA title in 2023 as he gained experience and expertise. At the same time these events have helped build arbiter capacity in Vietnam, with many getting FA and IA title norms.

GM & IA Bui Vinh at work

Today, with many successful rating increases, title and arbiter norms completed, Bui Vinh is already looking to add an International Open. Of these, no less than 11 players have achieved title norms.

GM-norm:

Jingyao Tin (Singapore - 2022)

Dao Minh Nhat (Vietnam - 2023)

Ilamparthi A R (India - 2023)

Daniel Quinzon (Philippines - 2024)

Mohammad Fahad Rahman (Bangladesh - 2024)

IM-norm:

Dao Minh Nhat (Vietnam - 2022)

Banh Gia Huy (Vietnam - 2023)

Soham Kamotra (India – 2023)

Pham Tran Gia Phuc (Vietnam – 2024)

Dao Khuong Duy (Vietnam - 2024)

Ethan Vaz (India - 2024)

Currently, Bui Vinh is organising back to back rating and title norm tournaments in Ha Long and Hanoi. The Quang Ninh GM/IM/FM tournament is taking place from 13th to 19th May and even oversubscribed and so an additional GM tournament had to be added!

The Quang Ninh Exhibition Hall in Ha Long where the tournament is taking place

Pre event setup

Vietnam Chess Federation General Secretary Nguyễn Minh Thắng officiated at the Opening Ceremony

Vietnam is a patriotic country. Here is the flag presentation at the singing of the national anthem

Trophies for the winners

Participants in the GM Groups receiving souvenir gifts

A closer look at the souvenir

GM Nguyen Anh Dung is the local enabler in Ha Long and is also playing!

About 136 km away, this is some island in sea next to exhibition centre, an amazing scenic view around the venue

Hanoi will however just be GM/IM

In December 2024, Bui Vinh will organise yet another GM/IM/FM in Hanoi together with the City’s first International Open. When asked of his motivation and success, the modest GM-IA, clearly showed his love for chess and expressed his joy at the many young Vietnam talents breaking through. Bui Vinh especially wanted to acknowledge the great support of the Vietnamese government and various provincial authorities, the Vietnamese Chess Federation, and his many grandmaster colleagues in Vietnam together with many well-wishers internationally who believe in and support what he is doing to develop chess

GMs Nguyen Van Huy and Nguyen Duc Hoa are just two veteran national team members playing to support this initiative

Check out a video from the tournaments.

Round 2 results in GM1

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10	2281	FM	Rahman Masruri	½ - ½	FM	Banh Gia Huy	2384	6
2	7	2350	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	½ - ½	GM	Tu Hoang Thong	2383	5
3	8	2348	IM	Laohawirapap Prin	½ - ½	FM	Pham Tran Gia Phuc	2424	4
4	9	2325	FM	Aditya Varun Gampa	1 - 0	FM	Tha Zan	2434	3
5	1	2496	GM	Priasmoro Novendra	1 - 0	IM	Quizon Daniel	2457	2

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Standings after Round 2

Rk.	SNo		Name	Gr	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	1	GM	Priasmoro Novendra	GM1	INA	2496	2	0	2	1,5	1	1,50	10	6,8
2	8	IM	Laohawirapap Prin	GM1	THA	2348	1,5	0	1	1	1	0,50	20	14,4
3	6	FM	Banh Gia Huy	GM1	VIE	2384	1,5	0	1	1	0,5	0,75	10	3,6
4	2	IM	Quizon Daniel	GM1	PHI	2457	1	0	1	3	2	1,00	10	-1,3
5	9	FM	Aditya Varun Gampa	GM1	IND	2325	1	0	1	1	1	0,00	20	6,6
6	4	FM	Pham Tran Gia Phuc	GM1	VIE	2424	1	0	0	2,5	1,5	1,25	10	-2
7	7	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	GM1	VIE	2350	1	0	0	1,5	1	0,75	10	1,5
8	10	FM	Rahman Masruri	GM1	INA	2281	0,5	0	0	3,5	2	0,75	20	-1,8
9	5	GM	Tu Hoang Thong	GM1	VIE	2383	0,5	0	0	2,5	1,5	0,50	10	-5,5
10	3	FM	Tha Zan	GM1	MYA	2434	0	0	0	2,5	1,5	0,00	10	-12,7

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Round 2 results in IM A

Bo.	No.	FED	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	10	MAS	2285	FM	Long Peter	0 - 1	FM	Harshad S	IND	2247	6
2	7	IND	2199	FM	Vrashank Chouhan	0 - 1	IM	Firman Syah Farid	INA	2392	5
3	8	PHI	2165	IM	Young Angelo	½ - ½	IM	De Guzman Ricardo	PHI	2282	4
4	9	VIE	2029	CM	Nguyen Manh Duc	½ - ½		Dang Anh Minh	VIE	2158	3
5	1	VIE	2362	GM	Nguyen Van Huy	1 - 0	CM	Aashman Gupta	IND	2219	2

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Standings after Round 2

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	5	IM	Firman Syah Farid	INA	2392	2	0	2	1,5	1	1,50	10	5,6
2	1	GM	Nguyen Van Huy	VIE	2362	2	0	2	0,5	0,5	0,50	10	7
3	6	FM	Harshad S	IND	2247	1	0	1	2	2	0,00	20	4,8
4	3		Dang Anh Minh	VIE	2158	1	0	0	2	1	1,00	40	-6,4
	8	IM	Young Angelo	PHI	2165	1	0	0	2	1	1,00	10	1,5
6	4	IM	De Guzman Ricardo	PHI	2282	1	0	0	1,5	1	0,75	10	-2,7
	9	CM	Nguyen Manh Duc	VIE	2029	1	0	0	1,5	1	0,75	40	16,8
8	2	CM	Aashman Gupta	IND	2219	0,5	0	0	3	2	0,50	40	-22,4
	7	FM	Vrashank Chouhan	IND	2199	0,5	0	0	3	2	0,50	20	-2,8
10	10	FM	Long Peter	MAS	2285	0	0	0	3	2	0,00	20	-18,8

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