Richard Bitoon

{{short description|Filipino chess grandmaster (born 1975)}}

{{Infobox chess player

| name = Richard Bitoon

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| full_name = Richard Balansag Bitoon

| country = Philippines

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|12|14}}

| birth_place = Cebu, Philippines

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| title = Grandmaster (2011)

| rating =

| peakrating = 2515 (November 2011)

| FideID = 5201110

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Richard Balansag Bitoon (born 14 December 1975,Cebu, Philippines){{Cite web |title=Bitoon, Richard |url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/5201110 |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=ratings.fide.com}} is a Chess Grandmaster of Philippines. He was the International Master in the year 2003.{{Cite web |title=The chess games of Richard Bitoon |url=https://www.chessgames.com/player/richard_bitoon.html |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=www.chessgames.com}} FIDE awarded him chess Grandmaster title in 2011.{{Cite web |title=Richard Bitoon chess games - 365Chess.com |url=https://www.365chess.com/players/Richard_Bitoon |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=www.365chess.com}}