{{Short description|Singaporean chess grandmaster (born 1983)}} {{Hatnote|In this Chinese name, the family name is Goh. In accordance with custom, the Western-style name is Kevin Goh and the Chinese-style name is Goh Wei Ming.}} {{Use British English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox chess player |name = Kevin Goh Wei Ming |image = |caption = |country = Singapore |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|07|07|df=y}} |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |title = Grandmaster (2020) |peakrating = 2501 (April 2020) |FideID = 5800706 }}
'''Kevin Goh Wei Ming''' ({{lang-zh|s=吴伟铭|poj=Gô͘ Úi-bêng|p=Wú Wěimíng}}, born 7 July 1983) is a Singaporean chess grandmaster. He is an eight-time Singaporean champion (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2017 and 2023) and has represented Singapore in the Chess Olympiad since 2004.<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/3zp79xhj.html Men's Chess Olympiads: Kevin Goh Wei Ming]. OlimpBase.</ref>
==Chess career== In 2000, Goh won the boys under 18 section at the 1st ASEAN Age Group Chess Championships in Vũng Tàu, Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|title=1st ASEAN Age Group Championships 2000|url=http://www.intchessasia.com/asean/results/vie/b18.htm|website=ASEAN Chess Confederation|accessdate=23 March 2016|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040109122014/http://www.intchessasia.com/asean/results/vie/b18.htm|archivedate=2004-01-09}}</ref> At the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, 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 blitz match between top Singaporean players and Garry Kasparov.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/kasparov-promotes-chess-in-singapore/ |title=Kasparov promotes chess in Singapore |date=25 August 2010 |publisher=ChessVibes |accessdate=11 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100829233945/http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/kasparov-promotes-chess-in-singapore/ |archivedate=29 August 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.singaporechessnews.com/kasparpv_visit_2.html |title=Kasparov in Singapore Part Two |authorlink=Olimpiu G. Urcan |last=Urcan |first=Olimpiu G. |author2=Tay, Junior |date=16 August 2010 |website=SingaporeChessNews.com |accessdate=11 September 2010 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073723/http://www.singaporechessnews.com/kasparpv_visit_2.html |archivedate=16 July 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> In March 2011, in Hungary, he won back to back the First Saturday GM tournament in Budapest<ref>[http://chess-results.com/tnr45633.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30 March 2011 First Saturday GM Tournament]. ''chess-results.com''.</ref> and the Caissa GM tournament in Kecskemét; in this latter he achieved his first norm required for the title of Grandmaster.<ref>[https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=5800706&title=GM&pb=52 Title applications. 2nd quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2018, July 8-11, Bucharest, ROU]. FIDE.</ref> The next year, Goh gained his second norm at the Asian Nations Cup in Zaozhuang, China, where he played for team Singapore.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-05-27|title=Asian Nations Cup – China wins both sections|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/asian-nations-cup-china-wins-both-sections|access-date=2020-07-09|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tay|first=Junior|date=2018-07-21|title=First GM norm event in Singapore since last century|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/1st-gm-norm-event-in-singapore-for-2-decades|access-date=2020-07-09|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase}}</ref> Goh was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2020, when his Elo rating exceeded 2500.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Sazali Abdul Aziz|date=2020-04-10|title=Chess: Kevin Goh becomes Singapore's first grandmaster in 21 years|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/chess-kevin-goh-becomes-singapores-first-grandmaster-in-21-years|access-date=2020-07-09|website=The Straits Times}}</ref>
==Books== *{{cite book|author=Kevin Goh Wei Ming|title=The Sicilian Najdorf 6 Bg5|date=2014|series=Chess Developments|publisher=Everyman Chess|isbn=978-1781940211}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{fide|name=Goh, Wei Ming Kevin}} * {{chessgames player|id=88683|name=Wei Ming Kevin Goh}} * [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1849 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Goh Weiming Ready for war over the board] * [http://kgwm.blogspot.it IM Kevin Goh's Chess Site]
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