Đào Thiên Hải
Đào Thiên Hải | |
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Full name | Đào Thiên Hải |
Country | Vietnam |
Born |
Sa Đéc, Đồng Tháp | 10 May 1978
Title |
International Master (1993) Grandmaster (1995) FIDE Trainer (2012) |
FIDE rating | 2477 (May 2015) |
Peak rating | 2609 (April 2005) |
Peak ranking | 100 (July 1993) |
Đào Thiên Hải is a Vietnamese chess player and trainer. In 1995 he became the first Vietnamese player to be awarded the title of Grandmaster.
Chess career
Đào made his international debut at the age of 11 in the 1989 World Junior Championship in Tunja, Colombia, finishing in equal 30th place with a score of 6/13. He won the 1993 World under 16 Championship in Bratislava. Following this he was awarded the title of International Master; the Grandmaster title followed in 1995.[1]
He participated in three FIDE World Championships knockout events. At the 2000 event in New Delhi, he defeated Ruslan Ponomariov but lost to Michael Adams in the second round.[2] In Moscow in 2001, he lost in the first round to Gilberto Milos.[3] He was once again eliminated in the first round at Tripoli in 2004, this time by Zdenko Kožul.[4]
He has represented Vietnam at 11 Olympiads, beginning in 1990 at the age of 12, and at every Olympiad from 1994 to 2012.[5] He also represented Vietnam at seven Asian Team Chess championships [6] and at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, where he won a silver medal in the Men's individual rapid event.[7][8]
References
- ↑ "Dao, Thien Hai FIDE chess profile". FIDE. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14.
- ↑ Mark Weeks. "World Chess Championship 2000 FIDE Knockout Matches". Archived from the original on 2012-05-05.
- ↑ Mark Weeks. "World Chess Championship 2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches". Archived from the original on 2012-05-24.
- ↑ Mark Weeks. "World Chess Championship 2004 FIDE Knockout Matches". Archived from the original on 2013-05-21.
- ↑ "Đào Thiên Hải - Men's Chess Olympiads". OlimpBase. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
- ↑ "Đào Thiên Hải - Men's Asin Team Chess Championship". OlimpBase. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
- ↑ Mark Crowther. "The Week In Chess 632". Archived from the original on 2007-01-11.
- ↑ "Individual Men's Rapid Chess Doha 2006". chess-results.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
External links
- Đào Thiên Hải rating card at FIDE
- Đào Thiên Hải player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Đào Thiên Hải at 365chess.com
- Đào Thiên Hải historical ratings at OlimpBase