Wong Meng Kong (born 18 September 1963) is a
chess player from
Singapore. He won the
Singaporean Chess Championship
The Singapore Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of Singapore organised by the Singapore Chess Federation. The event also features a Challengers section, which is a FIDE-rated tournament for amateur chess play ...
in 1986, 1989, 1990 and 1991. He represented Singapore at the
Chess Olympiad eleven times (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006).
Wong won the 1979
Asian Junior Chess Championship in
Sivakasi. In 1999, he was awarded the title of
Grandmaster by
FIDE
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...
, becoming the first Singaporean to achieve this feat.
Wong did his 'O'-Levels at
Anglo-Chinese School in 1979 and his 'A'-Levels at
Anglo-Chinese Junior College in 1981. He went on to get his medical degree from
National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...
in 1987. He currently resides in Hong Kong with his family where he practises psychiatric medicine.
References
External links
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Meng Kong Wongchess games at 365Chess.com
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1963 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
Singaporean chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent
Anglo-Chinese School alumni
Anglo-Chinese Junior College alumni
National University of Singapore alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore
Southeast Asian Games medalists in chess
Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games
20th-century Singaporean people
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