 His first chess achievement was at the age of 6 when he got second place at the Edmonton Chess Challenge (Gr.2) in March 2005.Other successes soon followed; he placed second in the 2005 Alberta Chess Challenge (Gr.2) and won both the Edmonton Chess Challenge and the Alberta Chess Challenge (Gr.3) in 2006.Richard Wang has won the Alberta Youth Chess Championships 9 times (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 in the U10, U10, U12, U12, U14, U14, U16, U16, and U18 categories respectively) and has represented Alberta at the Canadian Youth Chess Championships every time.