Raymond Song
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 January 1994 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Australia (until 2016) Chinese Taipei (since 2016) |
| Title | Grandmaster (2023) |
| FIDE rating | 2498 (December 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2516 (September 2023) |
Raymond Song (Chinese: 宋法昀, born 11 January 1994) is a Taiwanese chess Grandmaster.[1] He is Taiwan's first ever Grandmaster, and the top ranked player nationally.[2][3]
Career
[edit | edit source]A former prodigy,[4] he finished equal first at the World Youth Championship Under 10 group in 2004, tying with future Women's World Champion Hou Yifan and top Grandmaster Yu Yangyi.[5] In 2019, he won the Sydney International Open.[6] Two months later, he finished second at the Paracin International Open ahead of 13 grandmasters.[7] In 2022, he shared first place at the Silver Lake Open, but finished second after IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh due to a worse tiebreak score.[8]
Song has played for the Australia Kangaroos in the Pro Chess League,[9] and has represented Qingdao in the Chinese Chess League.[10]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He is married to Chinese chess Grandmaster Lei Tingjie.[11]
References
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