Gong Qianyun (; born 11 March 1985) is a Singaporean chess player and holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Chess career Since Gong was seven year old, she started training in a chess academy in Guangdong, China.
2001 to 2009 Gong finished fourth in the 2001 Women's Chinese Chess Championship.
Gong played on board four on the Chinese women's team — the only women's team present — at the World Team Chess Championship held in Beersheba, Israel in 2005.World Men's Team Chess Championship - Gong Qianyun OlimpBaseChessBase.com - Chess News - Russia leads in the World Team ChampionshipsChessBase.com - Chess News - WCTC – China still in the leadChessBase.com - Chess News - World Team Championships – the Chinese are coming The following year, she won the Women's World University Chess Championship in Lagos, Nigeria with a score of 7/9 points, contributing to China's team gold medal.
After a series of defeat, Gong left the Chinese teams in 2007 and moved to Hong Kong where she taught chess there.
2009 to present In 2009, Gong moved to Singapore to work as a chess coach.
She won the Singaporean women's championships of 2012,"64th National Championships 2012 - Women". chess-results.com. 2015,"67th National Chess Championship 2015 - Women". chess-results.com. 2016,"68th National Women Championships 2016". chess-results.com. 2017"69th National Chess Championships 2017 - Women". chess-results.com. and 2018."70th Singapore National Chess Championships 2018 - Women". chess-results.com.
In 2014, Gong transferred to the Singapore Chess Federation and started to represent Singapore.Player transfers in 2014 FIDE. Retrieved 11 December 2015 In the same year, she played for the Singaporean team on board three in the open section of the 41st Chess OlympiadMen's Chess Olympiads: Gong Qianyun. OlimpBase. and earned a norm for the title Woman Grandmaster thanks to a performance rating of 2412.41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open - IM and GM FIDE-Norms. chess-results.com.
In June 2018, Gong earned her final WGM norm at the QCD Prof Lim Kok Ann Invitational tournamentTitle Applications. 2nd quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2018, July 8-11, Bucharest, ROU. . FIDE. and was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE."List of titles approved by the 2018 2nd quarter PB in Bucharest, Romania" . FIDE. 12 July 2018. In December, she tied with Padmini Rout for first place in the Asian Women's Continental Championship in Makati, Philippines, scoring 7/9 points. Gong took the silver medal on tiebreak score."Wei, Padmini Wins Asian Continental Championship 2018". FIDE. 19 December 2018.
In 2019, Gong took part in 2019 SEA Games and won the women's rapid chess, beating nine other competitors to win Singapore's first gold medal in chess. The gold was also Singapore's 900th gold medal of the SEA Games.
In 2024, Gong won the Gold medal in the Women's category of 2023-24 Commonwealth Chess Championship held at Malacca, Malaysia.
Gong plays for Qingdao Yucai chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).
Personal life In 2012, Gong married her husband Tay Shi Hao. She also became a Singaporean citizen in the same year. The couple has two children.
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(2001–2006)