Woong, Zhi Wei William

Zhi Wei William Woong, a 25-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 2174 and ranked 15th among SGP players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He plays around 26 rated games per year and had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2019–2020), 28 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2022–2023). His peak of 2230 was reached at age 19 (Feb 2020); he also reached #8 nationally in Jul 2022 and spent 20 months in top 10.

Competes for Singapore since Sep 2016. Awarded CM in 2015 (age 14). At junior level, he reached #3, #4, #3, #3, #2 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.