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{{short description|Singaporean chess player}}
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'''Ignatius Leong''' (born 1956) is a professional ] organizer in Singapore and has been one of Asia's leading organizers for more than 20 years. He was awarded by the ] (FIDE) as an ] in 1979, International Organiser in 1995 and ] in 2004.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606155452/http://www.fide.com/info/arbiters-trainers?task=arbiter&aid=1799 |date=6 June 2011 }}</ref> He was also the president of the ] from 2007-2015, Founding President and president of ] from 2000 to 2015, FIDE Vice President from 2002 to 2006 and FIDE General Secretary from 2005 to 2014.


At 23, he became one of the world's youngest International Arbiters. Leong is also Director of the ASEAN Chess Academy. He had played in three ]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/9z3n1dzf.html |title=OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Ignatius Leong |website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref>
'''Ignatius Leong''' is a professional ] organizer in ]. He has been one of Asia's leading organizers for more than 20 years.


Politically, he has swung wildly from one extreme to the other. He once formed a "World Chess Organization" which promised to overthrow ]. However, he abandoned that effort when he could not get anybody to join. Leong once formed a "World Chess Organization", which promised to overthrow ]. However, he abandoned that effort when not enough people joined. He has also swung wildly between being a supporter and an opponent of FIDE President ].


⚫ In 2002, Leong announced that he was running for FIDE President against Ilyumzhinov.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fide.com/fide/documents/275 |title=Nominations for FIDE Elections 2002 |accessdate=27 October 2020}}</ref> Later, he changed his mind, saying that he was not running. Then, changing it again, saying that he had never withdrawn his candidacy. It was eventually ruled that once he had withdrawn, it was too late to become a candidate again, so no election was held because Ilyumzhinov was the only candidate. However, Leong became FIDE Secretary-General.
He has also swung wildly between being a supporter and an opponent of FIDE President ].


==Controversy==
⚫ In 2002, Leong announced that he was running for FIDE President against Kirsan. Later, he changed his mind, saying that he was not running. Then, he changed his mind again, saying that he had never withdrawn his candidacy. It was eventually ruled that once he had withdrawn, it was too late to become a candidate again, so no election was held because Kirsan was the only candidate. However Leong became a Vice-President of FIDE.
A few days before the 2014 FIDE Presidential Elections,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chess.com/news/breaking-ilyumzhinov-beats-kasparov-110-61-at-fide-presidential-elections-4528 |title=Ilyumzhinov Beats Kasparov 110–61 at FIDE Presidential Elections |last= |first= |date=11 August 2014 |website=Chess.com |publisher= |language=en-US |access-date=13 August 2016}}</ref> the ''New York Times Magazine'' published a lengthy report on the Presidential Elections campaign. Included was information about a leaked contract between ] and Leong from Singapore, in which the Kasparov campaign reportedly "offered to pay Leong ]500,000 and to pay $250,000 a year for four years to the Asean Chess Academy, an organization Leong helped create to teach the game, specifying that Leong would be responsible for delivering 11 votes from his region ".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Myers |first1=Steven Lee |title=Vladimir Putin's Chess-Master Nemesis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/magazine/garry-kasparov.html?_r=0 |work=The New York Times Magazine |date=6 August 2014}}</ref> In September 2015, the FIDE Ethics Commission found Kasparov and Leong guilty of violating its Code of Ethics<ref>{{cite web |title=Kasparov, Leong Found Guilty of Breaching FIDE Code of Ethics |work=Chess.com |date=9 September 2015 |url=https://www.chess.com/news/kasparov-leong-found-guilty-of-breaching-fide-code-of-ethics-6538?page=2}}</ref> and later suspended them for two years from all FIDE functions and meetings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethics Commission Judgement |date=21 October 2015 |work=Fide.com |url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9132-ethics-commission-judgement.html}}</ref>


==References==
In the coming 2006 election to be held in ], ], Leong is running for FIDE General Secretary on the Kirsan Ilyumzhinov ticket.
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== External links == ==External links==
* {{FIDE}}
* {{Chessgames player|57283}}
* at ChessBase
⚫ * at FIDE
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517074727/http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/leong1.html |date=17 May 2008 }} at The Week in Chess Magazine
* at Sam Sloan's Home Page
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701174749/http://videos.chessdom.com/ignatius-leong |date=1 July 2017 }} at Chessdom


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Latest revision as of 17:38, 1 September 2024

Singaporean chess player

Ignatius Leong
CountrySingapore (until 2024)
Laos (since 2024)
Born (1956-01-17) January 17, 1956 (age 68)
TitleFIDE Master
Peak rating2320 (January 1999)

Ignatius Leong (born 1956) is a professional chess organizer in Singapore and has been one of Asia's leading organizers for more than 20 years. He was awarded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) as an International Arbiter in 1979, International Organiser in 1995 and FIDE Senior Trainer in 2004. He was also the president of the Singapore Chess Federation from 2007-2015, Founding President and president of ASEAN Chess Confederation from 2000 to 2015, FIDE Vice President from 2002 to 2006 and FIDE General Secretary from 2005 to 2014.

At 23, he became one of the world's youngest International Arbiters. Leong is also Director of the ASEAN Chess Academy. He had played in three Chess Olympiads.

Leong once formed a "World Chess Organization", which promised to overthrow FIDE. However, he abandoned that effort when not enough people joined. He has also swung wildly between being a supporter and an opponent of FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

In 2002, Leong announced that he was running for FIDE President against Ilyumzhinov. Later, he changed his mind, saying that he was not running. Then, changing it again, saying that he had never withdrawn his candidacy. It was eventually ruled that once he had withdrawn, it was too late to become a candidate again, so no election was held because Ilyumzhinov was the only candidate. However, Leong became FIDE Secretary-General.

Controversy

A few days before the 2014 FIDE Presidential Elections, the New York Times Magazine published a lengthy report on the Presidential Elections campaign. Included was information about a leaked contract between Garry Kasparov and Leong from Singapore, in which the Kasparov campaign reportedly "offered to pay Leong $500,000 and to pay $250,000 a year for four years to the Asean Chess Academy, an organization Leong helped create to teach the game, specifying that Leong would be responsible for delivering 11 votes from his region ". In September 2015, the FIDE Ethics Commission found Kasparov and Leong guilty of violating its Code of Ethics and later suspended them for two years from all FIDE functions and meetings.

References

  1. Arbiters / Trainers Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Ignatius Leong". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. "Nominations for FIDE Elections 2002". Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. "Ilyumzhinov Beats Kasparov 110–61 at FIDE Presidential Elections". Chess.com. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  5. Myers, Steven Lee (6 August 2014). "Vladimir Putin's Chess-Master Nemesis". The New York Times Magazine.
  6. "Kasparov, Leong Found Guilty of Breaching FIDE Code of Ethics". Chess.com. 9 September 2015.
  7. "Ethics Commission Judgement". Fide.com. 21 October 2015.

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