Nguyễn Thái Đại Vân is a Vietnamese chess player who holds the title of International Master (IM) and is a three-time Vietnamese Chess Championship winner. His first win was in 2016, when he was only 14 years old. Due to his exceptional performance, Nguyễn was awarded the IM title by FIDE (the international chess federation) in 2016.
Nguyễn achieved his first grandmaster norm in January 2018 during the Chennai Open. He achieved his second norm in November 2018 at the HDBank Cup International Chess Open. In March 2021, he scored his third and final grandmaster norm at the First Saturday Tournament in Budapest, Hungary. As one of the top chess players in Vietnam, Nguyễn Thái Đại Vân is prominent in national and international competitions.