Raymond Song
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 January 1994 |
| Spouse | |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Australia (until 2016) Chinese Taipei (since 2016) |
| Title | Grandmaster (2023) |
| FIDE rating | 2498 (August 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2516 (September 2023) |
Raymond Song (Chinese: 宋法昀, born 11 January 1994) is a Taiwanese chess Grandmaster.[1] He is Taiwan's first ever Grandmaster, and the top ranked player nationally.[2][3]
Career
[edit]A former prodigy,[4] he finished equal first at the World Youth Championship Under 10 group in 2004, tying with future Women's World Champion Hou Yifan and top Grandmaster Yu Yangyi.[5] In 2019, he won the Sydney International Open.[6] Two months later, he finished second at the Paracin International Open ahead of 13 grandmasters.[7] In 2022, he shared first place at the Silver Lake Open, but finished second after IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh due to a worse tiebreak score.[8]
Song has played for the Australia Kangaroos in the Pro Chess League,[9] and has represented Qingdao in the Chinese Chess League.[10]
Personal life
[edit]He is married to Chinese chess Grandmaster Lei Tingjie.[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Song, Raymond". ratings.fide.com.
- ↑ "宋法昀獲西洋棋GM特級大師頭銜 台灣第一人 - TBO Taiwan | 紀路臺灣". 10 November 2022.
- ↑ "FIDE Country Top chess players". ratings.fide.com.
- ↑ Cubby, Ben (8 April 2006). "Chess still a hobby for budding masters". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Chess Championships 2004 Boys U10". chess-results.com.
- ↑ "Sydney: What is dead may never die". Chess News. 2 May 2019.
- ↑ "Paracin 2019: Nandhidhaa grabs her second IM norm, Pavan BNB wins B group - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh wins Silver Lake Open 2022 – Chessdom". www.chessdom.com. 26 June 2022.
- ↑ "PRO Chess League Playoffs Take off for Atlantic, Pacific Divisions". 23 March 2019.
- ↑ "国象甲级联赛中国台湾棋手立功 青岛城阳平浙旅胜京师_宋法昀_比赛_进行".
- ↑ "Husband and Second! Grandmaster Raymond Song helping Lei Tingjie at Norway Chess Women 2025". Youtube. Norway Chess. Retrieved 6 June 2025.