Lefong Hua
Lefong Hua | |
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Country | Canada |
Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | March 7, 1982
Title | FIDE Master |
FIDE rating | 2305 (December 2017) |
Peak rating | 2333 (December 2016) |
Lefong Hua is a Canadian chess player, coach, and Twitch streamer.
Chess career
Hua began playing chess at the age of 6, and was coached by Richard Bérubé.[1]
In 1992, Hua finished in 5th place in the World Youth Chess Championship alongside Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, and Étienne Bacrot.[2]
Hua is a 10-time winner of the Quebec Chess Challenge and an 8-time winner of the Canadian Chess Challenge.[1][3]
Hua is a featured member of the "Chessbrah" chess channel on Twitch, hosted by grandmasters Eric Hansen and Aman Hambleton.[4] The tongue-in-cheek chess term "Lefong" is named after him, and is referred to when a player pre-moves bishops in online bullet chess in case their opponent attempts to fianchetto their bishop, which allows the player to capture their opponent's bishop.[5]
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Coaching
Hua is a chess coach and runs a chess club.[6] He has been the captain of the Quebec chess team since 2006, and has trained many promising Canadian chess players, including Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux and Maili-Jade Ouellet.[7][8]
References
- ^ a b Jung-Doknjas, Victoria. "An Interview with FIDE Master Lefong Hua by Victoria Jung-Doknjas".
- ^ "LEFONG HUA".
- ^ "Quebec Chess Challenge Champions (by grade)".
- ^ Kavutskiy, Kostya (December 13, 2016). "Kostya On Earning His Third (and Final!) IM Norm".
- ^ Pinhata, Pedro (August 14, 2023). "10 Chess Moves You Have To Play Before You Die".
- ^ "Randy's Rookies: Chess champ makes his move". December 29, 2011.
- ^ "30th EDITION CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE 2018". June 10, 2018.
- ^ "2018 QUEBEC CHESS CHALLENGE BY GRADE". April 26, 2018.
External links
- Lefong Hua rating card at FIDE