Lefong Hua
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 7, 1982 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Canada |
| Title | FIDE Master |
| Peak rating | 2333 (December 2016)[1] |
| Twitch information | |
| Channel | |
| Followers | 27,200 |
| Last updated: September 17, 2025 | |
Lefong Hua is a Canadian chess player, coach, and Twitch streamer.
Chess career
Hua began playing chess at the age of 6, and was coached by Richard Bérubé.[2]
In 1992, Hua finished in 5th place in the World Youth Chess Championship alongside Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, and Étienne Bacrot.[3]
Hua is a 10-time winner of the Quebec Chess Challenge and an 8-time winner of the Canadian Chess Challenge.[2][4]
In addition to his Twitch channel, LefongHua,[5] Hua is a featured member of the "Chessbrah" chess channel on Twitch, hosted by grandmasters Eric Hansen and Aman Hambleton.[6] 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.[7]
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Coaching
Hua is a chess coach and runs a chess club.[8] 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.[9][10]
References
- ^ https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2602253/chart
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on April 15, 2014.
- ^ "30th EDITION CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE 2018". June 10, 2018.
- ^ "2018 QUEBEC CHESS CHALLENGE BY GRADE". April 26, 2018.
External links
- Lefong Hua rating card at FIDE