Sunday, March 16, 2008

Malaysian Mathematician Articles in Chessbase.com

Yesterday I read an interesting article in Chessbase.com regarding the problems of Grandmaster draws in tournaments. The problems have been debated frequently by many experts in chessbase.com s but the recent article from fellow Malaysian Kung-Ming Tiong - a mathematician and logician at School of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia caught my eyes. Who is Kung Ming Tiong? Lets found out….

Tiong Kung Ming or his English name Victor Tiong Kung Ming (right) is a is a mathematician and logician at School of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia. His research interests include mathematics appreciation, mathematical thinking and information technology issues.

He graduate in Bachelor ( Science ). Ed. Hons. In University Malaya and , Master (Science). University Technology of Malaysia, AMInstP Mathematics/Mathematics Education.

This guy is an expert in mathematic and have wrote about academic articles in several books, journal and magazines . He said that he is and avid chess player and has participated in state and university level competitions. This made me remember Dr. John Nunn (left) a strong chess grandmaster and mathematician expert.


You can find more detail about Tiong Kung Ming at http://www.freewebs.com/tocriv/index.htm

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