Gong Qianyun (Chinese: 龚倩云; born 11 March 1985)[1] is a Chinese born Singaporean chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE in 2018.[2]
Gong Qianyun | |
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Country | China Singapore |
Born | (1985-03-11) 11 March 1985 (age 37) Lechang, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China |
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2018) |
Peak rating | 2381 (February 2019) |
Gong finished fourth in the 2001 Women's Chinese Chess Championship.[3] She won the Singaporean women's championships of 2012,[4] 2015,[5] 2016,[6] 2017[7] and 2018.[8]
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.[9][10][11][12] 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.[13]
After a series of defeat, Gong left the Chinese teams in 2007 and moved to Hong Kong where she taught chess there.[14]
In 2009, Gong moved to Singapore to work as a chess coach.[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] 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.[21]
Gong plays for Qingdao Yucai chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).[22]
Gong is married with 2 children.[23]