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GM Nguyen Duc Hoa

Full name

Duc Hoa Nguyen

Born

1/1/1989 (age 36)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Vietnam

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (14 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (9 games)

Trompowsky Attack (7 games)

Slav Defense: Modern Line (6 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation (6 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (14 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Godiva Variation (14 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (11 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (11 games)

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (9 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Nguyen Duc Hoa (2358) Arnav Agrawal (2006)	1-0	40	2025
Nguyen Duc Hoa (2359) Shubhi Gupta (2049)	1-0	41	2025
Nguyen Duc Hoa (2359) Sri Sai Baswanth P (2160)	1-0	25	2025
Nguyen Duc Hoa (2358) Siddhanth Poonja (2096)	½-½	60	2025
Nguyen Duc Hoa (2358) Mayukh Majumder (2013)	½-½	48	2025
Nguyen Duc Hoa (2359) Diptayan Ghosh (2569)	½-½	37	2025
Nguyen Duc Hoa (2359) L R Srihari (2494)	½-½	83	2025
Nguyen Duc Hoa (2335) Shlok Sharnarthi (1832)	1-0	41	2024
Nguyen Duc Hoa (2322) Vivaan Vijay Saraogi (1921)	1-0	35	2024
Nguyen Duc Hoa (2322) Aditya Krishna Kotikalapudi (2046)	1-0	44	2024

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