Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn

Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (born Rach Soi, Rach Gia, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam; February 23, 1990) is a leading Vietnamese chess player. Nguyen is Vietnam's 2nd ranked player (August 2012). In 2000, he won the world under-10 championship. In 2002, he was awarded the International Master title. In 2004, he became a Grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 10 months. In 2004, he was voted as athlete of the year in Vietnam. In 2008, he was runner up to Ivan Saric in the World U19 Youth Championship held in Vietnam. In 2010, he was =1st in the Biel Chess Festival (2010), but came second on tiebreak to Fabiano Caruana. He qualified through the 2011 Asian Continental Championship to play in the World Cup (2011), and defeated Chinese GM Li Chao in the first round. In the second round he lost in the 10 minute rapid-game tiebreaker to the eventual winner, Russian GM Peter Svidler.

In the following practical endgame puzzle, Black is to play and win.

The following is the game. Please enjoy.

[Event "Asian Continental Chess Championship"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[EventDate "2012.05.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Ngoc Truongson Nguyen"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c57. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 dxc4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc4 Qd6 14. h3 Nd5 15. Ne4 Qb8 16. Rab1 Qb5 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Qxb5 cxb5 19. Nc3 Nc7 20. Ne2 e6 21. Kf1 a6 22. Nf4 g5 23. Nh5 h6 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Rc5 Nd5 26. Rbc1 Rg8 27. Ke2 Kf6 28. g3 Ke7 29. Bd2 Kd7 30. Rh1 h5 31. h4 g4 32. Rhc1 Rac8 33. a3 Rxc5 34. dxc5 e5 35. b4 Ke6 36. a4 Ne7 37. axb5 axb5 38. Ra1 Nc6 39. Bc3 f5 40. Ke3 Rc8 41. Rd1 Rd8 42. Rxd8 Nxd8 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. Bd2 Nc6 45. Bc3 f4 46. Bd2 e4+ 47. Ke2 Nd4+ 48. Kf1 f3 49. Ke1 Kc4 50. Kd1 Kd3 51. Be1 e3 52. fxe3 Kxe3 53. Bc3 Nc6 54. Ke1 Kd3 0-1