Giam Choo Kwee | |
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Country | Singapore |
Born | (1942-05-07)May 7, 1942 |
Died | August 13, 2018(2018-08-13) (aged 76) |
Title | International Master (1976) |
Peak rating | 2310 (July 1971) |
Giam Choo Kwee (7 May 1942 – 13 August 2018) was a Singaporean chess player. He received the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) in 1976 and International Arbiter in 1983. He won the national Singaporean Chess Championship in 1972 and 1973 and represented Singapore four times in Chess Olympiads (1968, 1970, 1972, 1986). At the time of his death, his official FIDE rating was 1820.
Chess style
Kwee's most played openings:
B25 | Sicilian, Closed (3 games) |
B01 | Scandinavian (3 games) |
A00 | Uncommon Opening (2 games) |
C00 | French Defense (2 games) |
B06 | Robatsch (2 games) |
References
- ^ Di Felice, Gino (2017), Chess International Titleholders: 1950–2016, McFarland, p. 109, ISBN 978-1-4766-7132-1
- OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Giam Choo Kwee
- "The chess games of Giam Choo Kwee". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
External links
- Giam Choo Kwee player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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