Hanoi’s 10th grader becomes chess grandmaster
(VOVWORLD) - Hoang Minh Hieu, a 10th grader at Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, has been awarded the title of grandmaster by the International Chess Federation.
 Minh Hieu has won many awards at international and national chess competitions. (Photo: giaoducthoidai.vn)
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Hieu was recognized as a grandmaster by the FIDE World Chess Federation after gaining 200 Elo at a recent international tournament, where he raised his Elo total to 2143 and climbed nearly 20,000 places in the FIDE ranking.
Hieu won silver and bronze medals in the Asian Youth Blitz events and a silver medal in blitz chess at the Asian Youth Championship 2019, and many medals at Southeast Asian events from 2015 to 2020.