Wang Yu (chess player)

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Wang Yu
Country	China
Born	(1982-11-19) 19 November 1982 (age 42) Tianjin, China
Title	International Master (2007) Woman Grandmaster (2003)
Peak rating	2438 (October 2000)

Wang Yu (Chinese: 王瑜;^[1] born 19 November 1982 in Tianjin)^[2] is a Chinese chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

Chess career

In 1996, Wang won the World Under-14 Girls Championship and in 1998, won the World U16 Girls Championship. In 1999, she won the Asian Junior Girls' Championship in Vũng Tàu.^[3] Wang finished runner-up at the World Under-18 Girls Championship of 2000.^[4]

Wang Yu won the Asian Women's Chess Championship of 2004 in Beirut.^[5] In 2005, she won the Chinese Women's Chess Championship.

National team

Wang played for the B team in 1999 and for the first team in 2003 at the Women's Asian Team Chess Championship (overall record is 11 games: +6, =2, -3).^[6] She also played for the Chinese women's team at the World Team Chess Championship in Beersheba (overall record was 6 games:+0, =2, -4).^[7] In 2006 Wang Yu was a member of the Chinese team which won the bronze medal at the Women's 37th Chess Olympiad (played 4 games in total: +1, =1, -2).

Wang was part of the women's team in the 2007 China-Russia Summit Match.

IM title

In 2007, she gained the International Master (IM) title. She achieved her IM norms at:^[2]

Tan Chin Nam Cup International GM Open in Qingdao, China (July 4–8, 2002); score 4.0/9
Aeroflot Open 2004 B Group in Moscow, Russia (February 16–26, 2004); score 5.5/9
Dubai Open 2005 in Dubai, UAE (April 4–12, 2005); score 5.0/9

WGM title

In 2003, she gained the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title. She achieved her WGM norms at:^[8]

China Women's Ch. in Suzhou, China (March–April 2001); score 6.0/9
9th Asian Women's Ch. in Chennai, India (Sept 2001); score 7.0/9
Tan Chin Nam Cup GM in Qingdao (July 2002); score 4.0/9

China Chess League

Wang Yu plays for Beijing chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).^[9]

References

^ "中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库". Chessinchina.net. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ ^a ^b IM title application FIDE
^ "Today in Indian History: Events for September 24". indianage.com. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
^ Oropesa del Mar 2000 - 14° World Championship u18 (girls) BrasilBase
^ "11th Asian Women Individual Chess Championship 2004". FIDE. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
^ Wojciech Bartelski. "Women's Asian Team Chess Championship: Wang Yu". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ Wojciech Bartelski. "World Men's Team Chess Championship: Wang Yu". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ "World Chess Federation". FIDE. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ "雅戈尔杯中国国际象棋甲级联赛官方网站". Ccl.sports.cn. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

External links

Wang Yu A. rating card at FIDE
Wang Yu A. chess games at 365Chess.com
Wang Yu player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Wang Yu A. at NICBase (archived)
"Wang Yu keeps China's reputation intact". SPORTSTAR, VOL.26 :: NO.25 :: June 21–27, 2003. (archived)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Humpy Koneru	Women's Asian Chess Champion 2004	Succeeded by Tania Sachdev
Preceded by Qin Kanying	Women's Chinese Chess Champion 2005	Succeeded by Li Ruofan

v t e Asian Games Champions in Chess
Men's individual rapid	2006 Murtas Kazhgaleyev (KAZ) 2010 Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 2022 Wei Yi (CHN)
Women's individual rapid	2006 Koneru Humpy (IND) 2010 Hou Yifan (CHN) 2022 Zhu Jiner (CHN)
Men's team classical	2010 Wang Yue, Hao, Bu Xiangzhi, Zhou Jianchao, Ni Hua (CHN) 2022 Parham Maghsoudloo, Amin Tabatabaei, Pouya Idani, Bardia Daneshvar, Amir Reza Pouraghabala (IRN)
Women's team classical	2010 Hou Yifan, Ju Wenjun, Zhao Xue, Huang Qian, Wang Yu (chess player) (CHN) 2022 Hou Yifan, Zhu Jiner, Tan Zhongyi, Zhai Mo (CHN)
Mixed team classical	2006 Krishnan Sasikiran, Pentala Harikrishna, Koneru Humpy (IND)

v t e Chess in China
Governing bodies	Chinese Chess Association China Qiyuan All-China Sports Federation General Administration of Sport
Competitions	Pearl Spring Tournament National League National Team Results National Championships Continental Championships Olympiads World Mind Sports Games
Grandmasters (in chronological order)	Ye Rongguang Ye Jiangchuan Xie Jun Xu Jun Wang Zili Peng Xiaomin Liang Jinrong Wu Shaobin* Zhang Zhong Bu Xiangzhi Wu Wenjin Zhang Pengxiang Zhu Chen* Li Shilong Ni Hua Liang Chong Yu Shaoteng Wang Yue Zhao Jun Wang Hao Zhou Jianchao Xu Yuhua Li Chao Zhao Xue Wen Yang Hou Yifan Zhou Weiqi Wang Rui Yu Yangyi Ding Liren Xiu Deshun Lu Shanglei Yu Ruiyuan Ma Qun Gao Rui Zeng Chongsheng Wei Yi Ju Wenjun Fang Yuxiang Liu Qingnan Bai Jinshi Lin Chen Wan Yunguo Lei Tingjie Tan Zhongyi Xu Yinglun Xu Xiangyu Liu Yan Li Di Xu Yi Dai Changren Zhu Jiner Peng Xiongjian Xiao Tong
*currently not representing China FIDE top 100 country list

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