Liang Chong Explained

Birth Date:29 January 1980
Birth Place:Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Grandmaster (2004)
Peakrating:2588 (October 2000)
Fideid:8600899

Liang Chong (; born January 29, 1980, in Guangzhou, Guangdong)[1] is a Chinese chess Grandmaster.

In 2004, he became China's 16th Grandmaster.

Grandmaster title

Chong gained the GM title in July 2004.[2]

He achieved his first GM norm at the 3rd S.T. Lee Cup Open Tournament in September 1996 scoring 6/10. His second GM norm wasn't achieved until another 5 years in April 2001 at the World Championship Zonal 3.3 in Handan with a score 8/13. His third norm was achieved in September 2003 at the Chinese Team Chess Championship in Tianjin with a score of 6.5/10.[3]

National team

He participated for the China national chess team at the 34th Chess Olympiad (2000) with an overall record of 3 games played (+1, =1, -1);[4] one World Men's Team Chess Championship (2005) with an overall record of 1 game played (+1, =0, -0);[5] and one Men's Asian Team Chess Championships (1999) with an overall record of 5 games played (+2, =2, -1) for the China B team.[6]

World Championship

In 1999 he managed to qualify for the FIDE World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament in Las Vegas, but was beaten in the first round by Goran Dizdar.[7] At the 2001-2 WCC Knockout Tournament in Moscow, he was again defeated in the first round (by Alexander Motylev).[8]

University

In March 2008 he competed at the 10th World University Chess Championship tournament in Novokuznetsk where he came 8th.[9]

China Chess League

Liang Chong plays for China Mobile Group Chongqing Company Ltd chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).[10]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库. Chessinchina.net. 2012-03-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131112145833/http://www.chessinchina.net/html/CHNrating05.8.htm. 2013-11-12.
  2. Web site: FIDE title application . Fide.com . 2012-03-02.
  3. Web site: World Chess Federation . FIDE . 2012-03-02.
  4. Web site: Wojciech Bartelski . Men's Chess Olympiads :: Liang Chong . OlimpBase . 2012-03-02.
  5. Web site: Wojciech Bartelski . World Men's Team Chess Championship :: Liang Chong . OlimpBase . 2012-03-02.
  6. Web site: Wojciech Bartelski . Men's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Liang Chong . OlimpBase . 2012-03-02.
  7. Web site: 1999 FIDE Knockout Matches . Mark-weeks.com . 2012-03-02.
  8. Web site: 2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches . Mark-weeks.com . 2012-03-02.
  9. Web site: The Week in Chess 697. The Week In Chess. Mark Crowther. 16 January 2015.
  10. Web site: 雅戈尔杯中国国际象棋甲级联赛官方网站. Ccl.sports.cn. 2012-03-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111028194605/http://ccl.sports.cn/. 2011-10-28.