梁凱婷

English

LEUNG Hoi Ting is a Hong Kong women's chess player and a Woman Candidate Master (WCM). She took up chess at about the age of ten, largely teaching herself openings and tactics, and won a prize at her very first competitive tournament before her playing strength rose steadily. At around fourteen she was selected for the Hong Kong, China national team and travelled with the squad to Batumi, Georgia, in 2018 for the 43rd Chess Olympiad, marking her debut on the international stage. In 2022 her accumulated FIDE rating earned her first-stage qualification for the Woman Candidate Master title at the 44th Chess Olympiad. In 2023 she was selected for the Hong Kong, China delegation to the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, competing in the chess events at about nineteen and as the oldest member of the territory's women's contingent. On verifiable records her FIDE standard rating is about 1636, with roughly 1557 in rapid and 1541 in blitz. Away from the board she studied law at university; she has noted that the popularity of the series The Queen's Gambit helped draw more women into chess, welcomed the growing strength of the women's game and hoped for better local women's tournaments.