Wang Yu (chess player)
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| Full name | Wang Yu | |
| Country |  China |
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| Born | November 19, 1982 [1] China |
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| Title | Woman Grandmaster (WGM) International Master (IM) |
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| FIDE rating | 2387 | |
| Peak rating | 2438 (October 2000) | |
- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.
Wang Yu (Chinese: 王瑜; born November 19, 1982)[2] is a Chinese chess player who holds the IM and the WGM title. In 1996, she won the World U14 Girls Championship and in 1998, won the World U16 Girls Championship. In 1999, she was runner-up at the World Under-18 Girls Championship. In 2005 she won the Chinese Chess Championship.
She is a regular member of the China national chess team. Wang has played once in 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).[3] She also played once for the women's team at the World Men's Team Chess Championship in Beersheba (overall record was 6 games:+0, =2, -4).[4] In 2006 Wang Yu was part of the women's team at the 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 and most recently took part in the 2008 GibTelecom tournament in Gibraltar.
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- "Wang Yu keeps China's reputation intact". SPORTSTAR, VOL.26 :: NO.25 :: June 21 - 27, 2003.
- FIDE rating card for Wang, Yu A.
- FIDE Rating World Top Lists for Wang Yu
- Wang, Yu at ChessGames.com
- Wang, Yu. NICBase Online Info.
| Preceded by Qin Kanying |
Women's Chinese Chess Champion 2005 |
Succeeded by Li Ruofan |
