Gong Qianyun

Gong Qianyun (Chinese: 龚倩云; born 11 March 1985)[1] is a Chinese-Singaporean chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE in 2018.[2]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Gong.
Gong Qianyun
CountryChina
Singapore
Born (1985-03-11) 11 March 1985
Lechang, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2018)
Peak rating2381 (February 2019)

She finished fourth in the 2001 Women's Chinese Chess Championship.[3] Gong Qianyun won the Singaporean women's championships of 2012,[4] 2015,[5] 2016,[6] 2017[7] and 2018.[8]

Gong Qianyun 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]

In 2014 Gong Qianyun transferred to the Singapore Chess Federation and started to represent Singapore.[14] In the same year, she played for the Singaporean team on board three in the open section of the 41st Chess Olympiad[15] and earned a norm for the title Woman Grandmaster thanks to a performance rating of 2412.[16] In June 2018, Gong earned her final WGM norm at the QCD Prof Lim Kok Ann Invitational tournament.[17][18] 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.[19]

Gong Qianyun plays for Qingdao Yucai chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).[20]

References
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  2. "List of titles approved by the 2018 2nd quarter PB in Bucharest, Romania". FIDE. 2018-07-12.
  3. "Chinese National Championship 2001". ChessBase. 2001-11-18. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  4. "64th National Championships 2012 - Women". chess-results.com.
  5. "67th National Chess Championship 2015 - Women". chess-results.com.
  6. "68th National Women Championships 2016". chess-results.com.
  7. "69th National Chess Championships 2017 - Women". chess-results.com.
  8. "70th Singapore National Chess Championships 2018 - Women". chess-results.com.
  9. World Men's Team Chess Championship - Gong Qianyun OlimpBase
  10. ChessBase.com - Chess News - Russia leads in the World Team Championships
  11. ChessBase.com - Chess News - WCTC – China still in the lead
  12. ChessBase.com - Chess News - World Team Championships – the Chinese are coming
  13. "World University Championships - Chess" (PDF). FISU. University Sports Magazine. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  14. Player transfers in 2014 FIDE. Retrieved 11 December 2015
  15. Men's Chess Olympiads: Gong Qianyun. OlimpBase.
  16. 41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open - IM and GM FIDE-Norms. chess-results.com.
  17. Title Applications. 2nd quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2018, July 8-11, Bucharest, ROU.. FIDE.
  18. Tay, Junior (2018-07-21). "Gong Qianyun: "I had to clean toilets if I failed to memorize the classics correctly!"". ChessBase India. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  19. "Wei, Padmini Wins Asian Continental Championship 2018". FIDE. 2018-12-19.
  20. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2009-12-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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