Wang Yu (chess player)

{{Infobox chess player

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|11|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tianjin, China

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| title = International Master (2007)
Woman Grandmaster (2003)

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| peakrating = 2438 (October 2000)

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Wang Yu ({{zh|c=王瑜}};{{cite web |url=http://www.chessinchina.net/html/CHNrating05.8.htm |title=中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库 |publisher=Chessinchina.net |date= |accessdate=2011-10-20}} born 19 November 1982 in Tianjin)[https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main3277.jpg IM title application] FIDE 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.{{cite web |title=Today in Indian History: Events for September 24 |url=http://www.indianage.com/0924.html |website=indianage.com |accessdate=9 November 2015}} Wang finished runner-up at the World Under-18 Girls Championship of 2000.[http://brasilbase.pro.br/w18g2000.htm Oropesa del Mar 2000 - 14° World Championship u18 (girls)] BrasilBase

Wang Yu won the Asian Women's Chess Championship of 2004 in Beirut.{{cite web |title=11th Asian Women Individual Chess Championship 2004 |url=https://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=archiveview&aid=143 |publisher=FIDE |accessdate=6 November 2015}} 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).{{cite web |author=Wojciech Bartelski |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerss/nllxvp57.html |title=Women's Asian Team Chess Championship: Wang Yu |publisher=OlimpBase |date= |accessdate=2011-10-20}} 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).{{cite web |author=Wojciech Bartelski |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerst/nllxvp57.html |title=World Men's Team Chess Championship: Wang Yu |publisher=OlimpBase |date= |accessdate=2011-10-20}} 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:

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:{{cite web |url=http://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidetitles&view=appsdt&cat=2&per=1&aid=8601097 |title=World Chess Federation |publisher=FIDE |date= |accessdate=2011-10-20}}

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).{{cite web |url=http://ccl.sports.cn/ |title=雅戈尔杯中国国际象棋甲级联赛官方网站 |publisher=Ccl.sports.cn |date= |accessdate=2011-10-20}}

References

External links

{{Fide|name=Wang Yu A.}}
{{365chess.com player|Wang_Yu_A|Wang Yu A.}}
{{Chessgames player|51563|Wang Yu}}
[http://www.newinchess.com/NICBase/NicbaseInfo.aspx?PlayerID=44223 Wang Yu A.] at NICBase (archived)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20131030063030/http://www.sportstaronnet.com/tss2625/stories/20030621002306800.htm "Wang Yu keeps China's reputation intact"]. SPORTSTAR, VOL.26 :: NO.25 :: June 21–27, 2003. (archived)

{{Succession box

| title = Women's Asian Chess Champion

| years = 2004

| before = Humpy Koneru

| after = Tania Sachdev

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{{Succession box

| before = Qin Kanying

| title = Women's Chinese Chess Champion

| years = 2005

| after = Li Ruofan

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