Liang Chong (; born January 29, 1980, in

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

Grandmaster title

Chong gained the GM title in July 2004. He achieved his first

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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

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with a score 8/13. His third norm was achieved in September 2003 at the Chinese Team Chess Championship in

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with a score of 6.5/10.

National team

He participated for the

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at the

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(2000) with an overall record of 3 games played (+1, =1, -1); one World Men's Team Chess Championship (2005) with an overall record of 1 game played (+1, =0, -0); 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.

World Championship

In 1999 he managed to qualify for the FIDE World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament in

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, but was beaten in the first round by Goran Dizdar. At the 2001-2 WCC Knockout Tournament in

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, he was again defeated in the first round (by

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University

In March 2008 he competed at the 10th World University Chess Championship tournament in

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where he came 8th.

China Chess League

Liang Chong plays for

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Company Ltd

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in the

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(CCL).

References

External links

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