Kevin Goh Wei Ming (, born 7 July 1983) is a Singaporean

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grandmaster. He is a seven-time Singaporean champion (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 and 2017) and has represented Singapore in the

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since 2004.

Chess career

In 2000, Goh won the boys under 18 section at the 1st

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Age Group Chess Championships in

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, Vietnam. At the

2005 Southeast Asian Games The 2005 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 23rd Southeast Asian Games, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines. This was the third time the Philippines hosted the games and its first time since 1991. ...

, Goh won two bronze medals, in the men's standard individual event and in the teams' one. In 2010 he played in Singapore the first game of an exhibition

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match between top Singaporean players and

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. In March 2011, in Hungary, he won back to back the

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GM tournament in

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and the Caissa GM tournament in

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; in this latter he achieved his first

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required for the title of Grandmaster. The next year, Goh gained his second norm at the Asian Nations Cup in

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, China, where he played for team Singapore. In 2018, he finished second, behind Tsegmed Batchuluun, in the QCD-Prof Lim Kok Ann Grandmasters Invitational tournament, held in Singapore, also achieving his third and final grandmaster norm. Goh was awarded the title of Grandmaster by

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in 2020, when his

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exceeded 2500.

Books

References

External links

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ChessBase.com - Chess News - Goh Weiming Ready for war over the board

IM Kevin Goh's Chess Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goh, Wei Ming 1983 births Living people Chess Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Chess writers Singaporean chess players Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in chess Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games 21st-century Singaporean sportsmen