10-year-old boy named among HCM City’s outstanding citizens of the year
Nguyen Anh Khoi, who won the world chess championship 2012, along with bringing home gold medals from several other contests, has been named one of HCM City’s six outstanding young citizens of the year.
“He used to sit in front of the computer for hours at a time playing games. He showed an aptitude for chess when we decided to ban him from the internet and enroll him in a chess class," she said.
In the space of two years of playing chess he stunned the judging committee by winning all six gold medals for individuals and team events at the Southeast Asia Youth Chess Tournament and the U8 group in 2010.
After this event Khoi was granted the FIDE master title. In the same year he also continued on to taking the gold medal for standard chess at the Asian Youth Chess Tournament, the U8 group in China.
On November 18, 2012 Nguyen Anh Khoi defeated Andrey Esipenko, and became the World Youth Chess champion of the U10 group.
With this achievement Nguyen Anh Khoi surprised not only Vietnamese but also international chess fans. Statistics show that the performance of Khoi in the competition he achieved 2689 after 10 games (equivalent to a chessman with Elo, who got 2689).
As the 13th seed of the tournament and with the Elo 1923, after this tournament, Khoi has accumulated more than 60 Elo, a great achievement.
Khoi was featured on the well-known chess website, www.chessdom.com. The article stated that the boy would be likely to be internationally known.
Out of his 63 medals, he himself is most impressed by the world gold medal 2012. He said that he did not expect to win.
Internet addict to chess champion
Nguyen Anh Khoi (first from left) won the world chess champion 2012
Khoi's household has welcomed a number of reporters since his victory. According to his mother, they previously thought he had been addicted to online gaming.“He used to sit in front of the computer for hours at a time playing games. He showed an aptitude for chess when we decided to ban him from the internet and enroll him in a chess class," she said.
In the space of two years of playing chess he stunned the judging committee by winning all six gold medals for individuals and team events at the Southeast Asia Youth Chess Tournament and the U8 group in 2010.
After this event Khoi was granted the FIDE master title. In the same year he also continued on to taking the gold medal for standard chess at the Asian Youth Chess Tournament, the U8 group in China.
Nguyen Anh Khoi went on to win two gold medals for standard and rapid chess in the Asian Youth Chess Championship 2012, the U10 group.
Nguyen Anh Khoi (right) at an international contest
On November 18, 2012 Nguyen Anh Khoi defeated Andrey Esipenko, and became the World Youth Chess champion of the U10 group.
With this achievement Nguyen Anh Khoi surprised not only Vietnamese but also international chess fans. Statistics show that the performance of Khoi in the competition he achieved 2689 after 10 games (equivalent to a chessman with Elo, who got 2689).
As the 13th seed of the tournament and with the Elo 1923, after this tournament, Khoi has accumulated more than 60 Elo, a great achievement.
Khoi was featured on the well-known chess website, www.chessdom.com. The article stated that the boy would be likely to be internationally known.
Out of his 63 medals, he himself is most impressed by the world gold medal 2012. He said that he did not expect to win.
“I never set any goals for winning competitions, and there was no pressure. The prizes were just an added bonus," he said.
Martial arts a hobby, medicine a future
Khoi also has other hobbies, which he excels at, such as taekwondo and other sports. However, in the end he says he would like to become a doctor, and so he plans to focus on his studies.
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