On April 19, player Dau Khuong Duy officially won the Masters table championship (for international champions and grandmasters) standard chess at the tournament.
The chess players competed in 9 sets according to the Swiss system. In the last set, Dau Khuong Duy achieved a draw against Grandmaster Titas Stremavicius. Winning 0.5 points from the result of set 9, Dau Khuong Duy has a total of 7 points at the tournament and ranks No. 1 with the championship.
In 9 matches played in Bangkok (Thailand), Dau Khuong Duy had 5 wins and 4 draws. Ranked second after the Vietnamese player is grandmaster Jacobson Brandon (USA) when they both achieved 7 points. However, Jacobson Brandon ranked behind Khuong Duy due to lower sub-indices.
The 2026 Thailand International Club Chess Tournament is accepted by the International Federation of Chess (FIDE) as meeting the standards for calculating competition results to consider international masters and international grandmasters.
With the championship achievement, Dau Khuong Duy has achieved his 2nd international grandmaster standard. According to FIDE regulations, players who want to be awarded the international grandmaster rank must meet 3 grandmaster standards in international tournaments in 3 different countries. At the same time, players must possess elo from 2,500 or more.
Dau Khuong Duy has an elo rating of 2,502. This player achieved 1 grandmaster standard before. The result in Bangkok (Thailand) is the next grandmaster standard for Dau Khuong Duy. In the Masters category at this tournament in Thailand, Vietnamese chess has 8 representatives participating.
