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GM Kgwm
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As an amateur player, it was my dream as a kid to one day become a Chess Grandmaster. I managed to achieve the International Master title in 2007 and I felt making a leap from IM to GM was something far beyond anything I could attain. Hence, I decided to focus on my career and played in tournaments sporadically.
In 2010, I suffered a severe set-back when I lost my place in the Singapore Olympiad team and followed that up with a truly horrific performance at the Malaysian Open Chess Championships. Furious with myself and wanting to prove a point, I decided to sacrifice one year of my career to see just how far I could go in chess. Transiting from a recreational player to virtually a professional player who trains 10 hours daily with no income was hardly a straightforward affair but after serious coaching, preparation and good fortune, I made my first and second GM norm in 2011 and 2012 respectively.
Thereafter, I rejoined the workforce, changed jobs twice and became the CFO of a leading molecular diagnostics start-up specialising in the field of Oncology. Making the 3rd norm and crossing 2500 proved to be a formidable task but fortunately I made it on 3rd March 2020. This stream is about my journey.
2540?2761 ? ?1893? -In 2010, I suffered a severe set-back when I lost my place in the Singapore Olympiad team and followed that up with a truly horrific performance at the Malaysian Open Chess Championships. Furious with myself and wanting to prove a point, I decided to sacrifice one year of my career to see just how far I could go in chess. Transiting from a recreational player to virtually a professional player who trains 10 hours daily with no income was hardly a straightforward affair but after serious coaching, preparation and good fortune, I made my first and second GM norm in 2011 and 2012 respectively.
Thereafter, I rejoined the workforce, changed jobs twice and became the CFO of a leading molecular diagnostics start-up specialising in the field of Oncology. Making the 3rd norm and crossing 2500 proved to be a formidable task but fortunately I made it on 3rd March 2020. This stream is about my journey.
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