Giam Choo Kwee (7 May 1942 – 13 August 2018) was a Singaporean

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player. He received the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) in 1976 and

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in 1983. He won the national

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in 1972 and 1973 and represented

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four times in Chess Olympiads (1968, 1970, 1972, 1986). At the time of his death, his official

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rating was 1820.

Chess style

Kwee's most played openings:

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* 1942 births 2018 deaths Singaporean chess players Chess International Masters Chess arbiters Chess Olympiad competitors Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent 20th-century Singaporean people {{Singapore-chess-bio-stub