Hoang Thanh Trang
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| Full name | Hoàng Thanh Trang |
| Country | Vietnam Hungary |
| Born | 25 April 1980 Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Title | Grandmaster Woman Grandmaster |
| Peak rating | 2511 (November 2013) |
Hoàng Thanh Trang (born 25 April 1980)[1] is a Vietnamese-born Hungarian chess Grandmaster.
Career
Born in Hanoi, Vietnam, Hoang moved with her family to Budapest when she was ten years old.[2] She was taught how to play chess at four and half years old by her father, who is her coach.[3]
She won the World Girls Junior (U-20) Championship 1998. In 2000, she won Asian Women's Championship in Udaipur.[4] Hoang won the board 1 gold medal at the 2005 European Club Cup (women's section) in Saint-Vincent, Italy, with an 80.0% score.[2] She started representing Hungary in 2006, having represented Vietnam up until then.[5]
In 2011, she won the European Women's Rapid Championship (Maia Chiburdanidze's Cup) in Kutaisi.[6][7]
In 2013 Hoang won the European Women's Championship, winning 7 games and drawing 4, ending up with a score of 9 out of 11 games.[8]
Hoang Thanh Trang bears dual citizenship of Vietnam and Hungary.[9] She graduated in Economics[3] from the Corvinus University of Budapest.
References
- ^ GM title application FIDE
- ^ a b "Records and beauties – Saint-Vincent wrap-up". ChessBase. 30 September 2005. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ a b "GM Hoang Thanh Trang – Chasing her dream". Chessdom. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ "Xu-Jun lifts crown". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ Player transfers in 2006 FIDE
- ^ "VIKTORIJA CMILYTE BECAME THE NEW EUROPEAN CHESS CHAMPION IN TBILISI". European Chess Union. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ European Women Rapid Championship: final ranking after 11 rounds Chess-Results.com
- ^ "Hoang Thanh Trang is European Women's Chess Champion". Chessdom. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ "Trang comes first at European Chess Champs". vietnambreakingnews.com. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
External links
- Hoang Thanh Trang chess games at 365Chess.com
- Hoang Thanh Trang player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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