鄺永祈

English

KWONG Wing Ki is a Hong Kong chess player, born in 2004 and registered with FIDE under number 6002013. He joined the Hong Kong, China national squad as a teenager and has been one of the young players the territory has sought to develop in recent years. In 2021 he represented Hong Kong at the FIDE Online Olympiad, where he was named to the team's first board, a sign of the standing he then held in the side; with a rating of about 1700 at the time, he scored 5.5 points, holding his own against strong opposition. In 2023 he was selected for the Hong Kong, China delegation to the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, competing in the chess events and appearing at a multi-sport Games. On verifiable records his FIDE standard rating stands at about 1989, with roughly 1941 in rapid and 1966 in blitz, all at a high level and making him one of the higher-rated members of the Hong Kong squad. He has long competed in local leagues and international opens to sharpen his play, and his rating has risen steadily as a result; a seasoned competitor, he is a regular in the territory's team events. Beyond these results and ratings, public details of how he took up the game and his coaches are limited and await confirmation.