Piotr An Nguyen

#Chess player, coach, commentator & content creator.
Owner of @infoszach - the biggest Polish chess news media.
#Software Engineer at Samsung.

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Duda miał Mistrza Świata na łopatkach. I przegrał ♟️
🔵 Pierwszy dzień Super Rapid & Blitz Poland nie szczędził emocji – polskie derby, pięciu liderów w tabeli i tłumy kibiców w POLIN-ie.
🔵 Pełna relacja z analizami od IM @PiotrNguyen 👇

https://t.co/urW7fi2Oft

@GrandChessTour

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Ekipa Infoszach gotowa na Super Rapid & Blitz Poland 2026🔥

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Ceremonia otwarcia Super Rapid & Blitz już jutro – czas na typowanie! ♟️
🔵 IM @PiotrNguyen ułożył własny ranking faworytów. Duda wysoko, Firouzja nisko. Czy zgadzacie się z taką oceną? Piszcie swoje typy 😀

https://t.co/k32stZ9SfY

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@arjunkalyan555 @ChessMenorca @EmilSutovsky I think first of all such walkovers should be calculated for FIDE rating and norms as normal games. Secondly, if the case is not sufficiently explained it should be noted by FIDE and if it repeats it would be fair to give more serious penalty.

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@FIDE_chess I think it will be position number 518 😉

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@GMPeteWells @chesscoachandra @JonathanLevitt7 @GMJacobAagaard I had a similar position in my game (against Damir Mravunac in Zagreb 2017) and it was even more tricky as there is additional layer to be solved.

btw. in my game I failed to find the solution over the board :)

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@anishgiri @chessable Being the author of one of the shortest LTR (~250 trainable variations) and as a player who constantly forgets even own lines I fully agree!

Btw. Your Dragon course is a real gem

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🔵 Rapidowy finisz okazał się nie sprzyjać Janowi - Krzysztofowi Dudzie, który finalnie po pierwszej części turnieju plasuje się na 8️⃣ pozycji z wynikiem 8/18 punktów.

➡️ Analizy partii najlepszego polskiego szachisty dokonał @PiotrNguyen w podsumowaniu:
https://t.co/ytIhecrtBH

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A najbardziej szalone partie rozgrywa Mistrz Świata z 2005 roku, Veselin Topalov. Więcej info znajdziecie na naszym podsumowaniu w formie wideo od @PiotrNguyen:
https://t.co/miakhpPyUE

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Prowadzi Vladimir Fedoseev, który w ostatniej rundzie pokonał Jana-Krzysztofa Dudę. Tym samym, Polak skończył pierwszy dzień zawodów na 50%.

Analiza wideo przygotowana przez IM @PiotrNguyen
https://t.co/yDi1pdqu5R

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Już dziś startuje absolutnie najsilniejszy turniej szachowy w Polsce - Superbet Rapid & Blitz 🔥
🔵 Codziennie na naszej stronie i na naszym YouTube znajdziecie podsumowania, a teraz mamy dla Was vloga z otwarcia turnieju 🙂
https://t.co/gg5wjSrHmn

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Link to the results: https://t.co/DSdknMvFna

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The most important rounds are always the last three, as they say 😃 I managed to finish strong, winning all three games played in 2025 and securing 9th place, losing just 1 Elo point.

📷 Jakub Pietraszewski
(btw. It's always nice when someone takes a photo of me)

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The A group featured 106 players, with nearly 800 participants from 33 federations across all groups. Although I wish I had performed better, I’m truly happy to have taken part in such a well-organized event - Cracovia (it was 35th edition!)

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Would you exchange on b6 and play Nd3 and make a draw or would you go 1.Rg1 Nxf2 2.Nxe6+ fxe6 3.Rg7+ Kd6 4.a6?

I thought for some minutes and went for a draw. Was it a good decision?

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@DeepShort7 Yes, 1...Rc3 is totally fine when Black even ends up with an extra pawn (the position is drawish though).

I lost too much time on my previos moves (being angry I spoilt the position) that here I was in time trouble and I played 1...Qe6 which loses on the spot.

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I lost the 2nd game where I played risky opening (as usual) and after complex middlegame I took over the advantage. Unfortunately, I played one wrong move after which my advantage evaporated, but not being able to accept the change I went insane...

How to play as Black here?

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I lost this position in 2 moves when it was still totally OK (although I already made a few wrong decisions).

There are many reasons why #chess is difficult, but one of them is that we all do simplest mistakes when things are not going our way. #chesspunks

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The tournament is played in a nice hotel and I am very happy to see players from 22 federations playing in the A group. I have 11th starting number out of 106 players (there are nearly 800 participants when counting other groups).

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I wasn't writing much in the last months because I didn't play any classical games. But finally, I play some chess! I am playing Cracovia tournament and I won the first round 😉
How would you play as White?