A GM title requires an Elo rating of 2500 and three title norms.

After winning his first norm at the Southeast Asian Championship in December 2015, Khoi had to wait until March 2019 and the Sharjah Masters for his second.

Nguyen Anh Khoi is Vietnam's 11th chess grandmaster.

Vietnam's other 10 GMs are Dao Thien Hai, Tu Hoang Thong, Nguyen Anh Dung, Cao Sang, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Le Quang Liem, Bui Vinh, Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy, Nguyen Duc Hoa, and Tran Tuan Minh.

Khoi is the reigning national chess champion and only Vietnamese to win the World Youth Chess Championship twice, the U10 event in 2012 and U12 in 2014.

He is now playing in the World Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships in Spain ending on September 13.

According to FIDE, there are 1763 GMs in the world, with Russia accounting for 255 of them.

Two Bac Giang chess players join World Youth Chess Championships

(BGO) – The World Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2019 takes place in Spain from September 11 – 17.

Top Vietnamese chess players compete at World Cup

Top Vietnamese chess players Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son are competing at the FIDE World Cup 2019 which began in the town of Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, on September 10.

Vietnamese boy wins bronze at World Cadet Chess Championship

Dau Khuong Duy won the bronze medal in the under-8 boys category at the 2019 World Cadet Chess Championship on Sunday.

Vietnamese players win medals at world chess championship

Vietnamese players won one silver and two bronze medals at the 3rd World Cadets Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship among boys and girls under 8, 10 and 12 years old.

Bac Giang wins 5 medals at national youth chess championship

(BGO) – The National Youth Chess Championship 2019 for Excellent Player, SHB cup was held in Hai Phong province from July 27 – August 4  with the participation of more than 300 young players from 22 provinces, cities and sectors across the nation.  

Source: VnExpress