The first 14 -year -old Khuong Duy's shocking player at the Sparkassen 2025 chess tournament.
At the Chess Chess of Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2025 A-open held in Dortmund just ended not long ago, the first player Khuong Duy ended the tournament with a third-class achievement, won 7/9 points and an increase of 15 Elo points after reaching the performance 2581. And when the tournament closed, the story was discussed by people not only the general victory of the German generals Matthias Blubaum.
It was an impressive performance of the 14 -year -old international generals, Khuong Duy, who fought with a series of experienced generals and put his name on the podium (Top 3) in one of the most prestigious expansion tournaments in Europe. Specifically, in this tournament, Khuong Duy's most impressive victory was before the Grandmaster Dennis Wagner of the host country of Germany.
This year's tournament (takes place from August 2) witnessing many formidable players, including former Dortmund Blubaum champion, experienced Indian players Surya Shekbar Gangule, German stars Dmitrij Kollars and Luis Engel, or Kazakhstan Rinat Jumabayev, and a series of old-fashioned names come from China. The prize fund worth 16,010 euros, along with the opportunity to achieve career -shaping standards, has made the tournament very fierce from the beginning to the end.
And, suddenly took place when Blubaum won the gold medal in the tie-break series, but the bronze medal of Dau Khuong Duy was probably the story of more attention. Because he is a player still in junior high school, ranked 2462, scores equal to the elite generals and surpasses more experienced players.
Top 15 includes the famous names of the European chess village: Kollars, Liu Yan, Jan Malek, Luis Engel, Jumabayev and many others. However, only one player under 15 was in the top, and he ranked third, named Khuong Duy.
And, Khuong Duy's journey in the tournament made everyone look. Round 1-5 (game 1-5): Duy opened with a series of consecutive victories against the stronger opponent 2100, combining sharp tactics with calm gameplay. Even when he was held in the 3rd and 4th rounds, he kept a significant distance compared to the leader.
Round 6: turning point. Faced with the Great General Dennis Wagner (2617), Duy not only “survived” but also won. A fearless sacrifice in the middle of the game disabled Wagner's proactive position and flipped the flag toward Duy.
Round 7: Duy Hoa with the leader, Great General Surya Shekbar Gangule (2566), showing pressure resistance at the end of the match.
Round 8: The important victory over the Great General David Gavrilescu (2531) helps him continue to compete for the first position.
Round 9: In the last game, the tense draw with the Great General Luis Engel (2548) helped Duy win the third place on the glory podium.
Duy's final score is 7/9 (he has a score with the two people ranked above but loses the number of water without water to play or eat troops, a rule to handle the harmony – PV), the performance ranking is 2581 and increasing the Elo +15 will be the dream of many veteran generals, not to mention a 14 -year -old boy.