Lefong Hua is a Canadian chess player, coach, and Twitch streamer.
| Lefong Hua | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Born | March 7, 1982 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Title | FIDE Master |
| FIDE rating | 2305 (December 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2333 (December 2016) |
Twitch information | |
| Channel | |
| Followers | 23,600 |
Last updated: February 26, 2024 | |
Chess career edit
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]
In addition to his Twitch channel, LefongHua,[4] Hua is a featured member of the "Chessbrah" chess channel on Twitch, hosted by grandmasters Eric Hansen and Aman Hambleton.[5] The tongue-in-cheek chess term "Lefong" or "Lefonged" is named after him, which is a gambit that aims to catch an opponent pre-moving a bishop fianchetto in the opening, typically in games with very short time controls.[6]
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Coaching edit
Hua is a chess coach and runs a chess club.[7] He has been the captain of the Quebec chess team since 2006, and he has trained many promising Canadian chess players, including Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux and Maili-Jade Ouellet.[8][9]
References edit
- ^ a b Jung-Doknjas, Victoria. "An Interview with FIDE Master Lefong Hua by Victoria Jung-Doknjas".
- ^ "LEFONG HUA".
- ^ "Quebec Chess Challenge Champions (by grade)".
- ^ LefongHua - Twitch, retrieved 2024-01-12
- ^ 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 edit
- Lefong Hua rating card at FIDE