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 |
| FIDE rating | 2459 (April 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2511 (November 2013) |
Hoàng Thanh Trang (born 25 April 1980) is a Vietnamese-born Hungarian chess Grandmaster.
Born in Hanoi, Vietnam, Hoang moved with her family to Budapest when she was ten years old. She was taught how to play chess at four and half years old by her father, who is her coach.
She won the World Girls Junior (U-20) Championship 1998. In 2000 she won Asian Women's Championship in Udaipur. 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. She started representing Hungary in 2006, having represented Vietnam up until then.
In 2011 she won the European Women's Rapid Championship (Maia Chiburdanidze's Cup) in Kutaisi.
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.
Hoang Thanh Trang bears dual citizenship of Vietnam and Hungary. She graduated in Economics from the Corvinus University of Budapest.
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