Singapore's Masters
We have many home grown talents. Amomg the most successful of them are IM Hsu Li Yang, IM Wong Meng Kong, FM Terry Toh, CM Malcom Tan, FM Chia Chee Seng and FM Ong Chong Ghee.
Most of them progressed mainly through their own hard work plus some help from the occasional chess training ( usually for the junior and Olympiad team only ).
Apparently, I left out the names of many local masters! Forgive me because I am still relatively new to chess. Thanks, Junior, for giving me the extra information.
Other than those already mentioned, we also have other masters like IM Tan Lian Ann(Singapore's first IM!), IM Leslie Leow, IM Giam Choo Kwee, FM Teo Kok Siong, FM
Alphonsus Chia, FM Goh Cheng Hong, FM Lim Hoon Cheng, NM Wong Foong Yin,
NM Lee Wang Sheng, CM Low Pe Yeow, CM Mark Tan...
(At his insistence, for accuracy's sake, I have removed Junior's name from the list, though I personally feel that he plays at that strength too. And that is not an idle compliment!)
To illustrate the highlights of the last 4 chaps, their best wins are
IM Badea (Romania) 0-1 Lee Wang Sheng Novi Sad Ol
Low Pe Yeow 1 - 0 IM Ghinda (Romania) Novi Sad Ol
IM Szapnik (Poland0-1 Wong Foong Yin Thessaloni Ol
GM Steffanson (Iceland) 0-1 Mark Tan World Jr Championships 1988