Goh Weiming
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Goh Wei Ming, Kevin is a Singapore
chess
International Master. He is the four-time consecutive Singaporean national champion
(2006, 2007, 2008, 2009). Represented Singapore three times in Chess Olympiads (2004, 2006, 2008). His current FIDE rating is 2431.
In 2010 he played in Singapore an exhibition blitz match against Garry Kasparov
. In March 2011, he won the First Saturday GM Tournament in Budapest
, Hungary
.
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
International Master. He is the four-time consecutive Singaporean national champion
Singaporean Chess Championship
The Singapore Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of Singapore organised by the Singapore Chess Federation. It features an impressive 63 consecutive National Championships held from 1949-2011...
(2006, 2007, 2008, 2009). Represented Singapore three times in Chess Olympiads (2004, 2006, 2008). His current FIDE rating is 2431.
In 2010 he played in Singapore an exhibition blitz match against Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
. In March 2011, he won the First Saturday GM Tournament in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
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