Gong Qianyun | |
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Country | Singapore |
Born | Lechang, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China | 11 March 1985
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2018) |
Peak rating | 2381 (February 2019) |
Gong Qianyun ( Chinese: 龚倩云; born 11 March 1985) [1] is a Singaporean chess player and holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Since Gong was seven year old, she started training in a chess academy in Guangdong, China. [2]
Gong finished fourth in the 2001 Women's Chinese Chess Championship. [3]
Gong played on board four on the Chinese women's team — the only women's team present — at the World Team Chess Championship held in Beersheba, Israel in 2005. [4] [5] [6] [7] The following year, she won the Women's World University Chess Championship in Lagos, Nigeria with a score of 7/9 points, contributing to China's team gold medal. [8]
After a series of defeat, Gong left the Chinese teams in 2007 and moved to Hong Kong where she taught chess there. [9]
In 2009, Gong moved to Singapore to work as a chess coach. [10]
She won the Singaporean women's championships of 2012, [11] 2015, [12] 2016, [13] 2017 [14] and 2018. [15]
In 2014, Gong transferred to the Singapore Chess Federation and started to represent Singapore. [16] In the same year, she played for the Singaporean team on board three in the open section of the 41st Chess Olympiad [17] and earned a norm for the title Woman Grandmaster thanks to a performance rating of 2412. [18]
In June 2018, Gong earned her final WGM norm at the QCD Prof Lim Kok Ann Invitational tournament [19] [20] and was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE. [21] In December, she tied with Padmini Rout for first place in the Asian Women's Continental Championship in Makati, Philippines, scoring 7/9 points. Gong took the silver medal on tiebreak score. [22]
In 2019, Gong took part in 2019 SEA Games and won the women's rapid chess, beating nine other competitors to win Singapore's first gold medal in chess. [2] The gold was also Singapore's 900th gold medal of the SEA Games. [2]
In 2024, Gong won the Gold medal in the Women's category of 2023-24 Commonwealth Chess Championship held at Malacca, Malaysia. [23]
Gong plays for Qingdao Yucai chess club in the China Chess League (CCL). [24]
In 2012, Gong married her husband Tay Shi Hao. She also became a Singaporean citizen in the same year. [2] The couple has two children. [2]
Gong Qianyun | |
---|---|
Country | Singapore |
Born | Lechang, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China | 11 March 1985
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2018) |
Peak rating | 2381 (February 2019) |
Gong Qianyun ( Chinese: 龚倩云; born 11 March 1985) [1] is a Singaporean chess player and holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Since Gong was seven year old, she started training in a chess academy in Guangdong, China. [2]
Gong finished fourth in the 2001 Women's Chinese Chess Championship. [3]
Gong played on board four on the Chinese women's team — the only women's team present — at the World Team Chess Championship held in Beersheba, Israel in 2005. [4] [5] [6] [7] The following year, she won the Women's World University Chess Championship in Lagos, Nigeria with a score of 7/9 points, contributing to China's team gold medal. [8]
After a series of defeat, Gong left the Chinese teams in 2007 and moved to Hong Kong where she taught chess there. [9]
In 2009, Gong moved to Singapore to work as a chess coach. [10]
She won the Singaporean women's championships of 2012, [11] 2015, [12] 2016, [13] 2017 [14] and 2018. [15]
In 2014, Gong transferred to the Singapore Chess Federation and started to represent Singapore. [16] In the same year, she played for the Singaporean team on board three in the open section of the 41st Chess Olympiad [17] and earned a norm for the title Woman Grandmaster thanks to a performance rating of 2412. [18]
In June 2018, Gong earned her final WGM norm at the QCD Prof Lim Kok Ann Invitational tournament [19] [20] and was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE. [21] In December, she tied with Padmini Rout for first place in the Asian Women's Continental Championship in Makati, Philippines, scoring 7/9 points. Gong took the silver medal on tiebreak score. [22]
In 2019, Gong took part in 2019 SEA Games and won the women's rapid chess, beating nine other competitors to win Singapore's first gold medal in chess. [2] The gold was also Singapore's 900th gold medal of the SEA Games. [2]
In 2024, Gong won the Gold medal in the Women's category of 2023-24 Commonwealth Chess Championship held at Malacca, Malaysia. [23]
Gong plays for Qingdao Yucai chess club in the China Chess League (CCL). [24]
In 2012, Gong married her husband Tay Shi Hao. She also became a Singaporean citizen in the same year. [2] The couple has two children. [2]