Shen Yang
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| Shen Yang | ||
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| Full name | Shen Yang | |
| Country |  China |
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| Born | January 23, 1989 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China |
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| Title | Woman Grand Master (WGM) | |
| FIDE rating | 2440 (No. 39 on the April 2008 FIDE rating list for women and No. 5 on the April 2008 FIDE rating list for girls) |
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| Peak rating | 2468 (October 2006) | |
- For the Chinese city, see Shenyang.
- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Shen.
Shen Yang (Chinese: 沈 阳; born January 23, 1989[1] in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is a Chinese Woman Grand Master chess player. In 2001, she won the U-12 Girls section of the World Youth Chess Championship in Spain. In February 2006 she gained her second IM norm in Moscow at the Aeroflot Open. In the May-June 2006 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin she was part of the Chinese team that came third in the Women's section. In October 2006, she won the Girls World Junior Championship in Yerevan, Armenia.[2] In May 2007, she was part of the Chinese team that won the First World Women's Team Chess Championship in Yekaterinburg, Russia.[3]
A notable game occurred in the World Chess Team Championship, held in Beersheba, Israel on October-November 2005, where Shen - then rated 2326 - managed to defeat 2652-rated Russian GM Sergei Rublevsky.[4]
Shen, as of April 2008, was ranked 39th in the Top 50 Women, and 5th in the Top 20 Girls in the FIDE ranking lists.[5] She gained the Woman Grandmaster title in 2006.
In the Russian Team Championship Shen plays for the women's team of ACADEMY Tomsk on Board 2.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库
- ^ Shen Yang and Zaven Andriasian World Junior Champions CHESSBASE NEWS. 17.10.2006.
- ^ China wins Women's Team Championship by two points CHESSBASE NEWS. 30.05.2007.
- ^ WCTC – China loses but retains the lead CHESSBASE NEWS. 10.11.2005
- ^ Shen Yang FIDE World Top Chess Player.
- ^ Tomsk leads in the Russian Team Championships CHESSBASE NEWS. 06.05.2007.
[edit] External links
- FIDE rating card for Shen Yang
- Shen Yang at ChessGames.com
- Interview with Shen Yang 2nd Mixed Chess Match, The Calaveras Fest 2007, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
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