Wang Yue
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| Full name | Wang Yue | |
| Country |  China |
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| Born | March 31, 1987 Taiyuan, Shanxi, China |
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| Title | Grandmaster (GM) | |
| FIDE rating | 2689 (No. 31 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list) |
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| Peak rating | 2703 (October 2007) | |
- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.
Wang Yue (Chinese: 王玥; pinyin: Wáng Yuè; born March 31, 1987[1] in Taiyuan, Shanxi) is a Chinese chess player.
He is competing in the FIDE Grand Prix 2008-2009, which is part of the current World Chess Championship cycle.[2] His next Grand Prix tournament is in Sochi, Russia from 30 July to 15 August 2008.[3]
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[edit] Chess career
[edit] Ranking
In 2000, when Wang was 13 he achieved the FIDE Master title. In 2003, he achieved the International Master title, and in 2004 the Grandmaster title.
Wang entered the FIDE Top 20 Juniors list as no. 19 on April 2005 with a rating of 2576. He was in the top 10 from July 2006, and the top 5 from January 2007. He reached a peak ranking of no. 3 during the July-October 2007 rating periods.
He entered the FIDE Top 100 Players list as no. 84 on July 2006 with a rating of 2626 and has been in the top 100 since. He reached a peak ranking of no. 22 with his highest rating to date of 2703 on October 2007, which was the first time a Chinese chess player had passed the 2700 mark since the introduction of the FIDE ratings system in 1970.[4]
As of April 2008, Wang's Elo rating is 2689, making him China's no. 3 and 31st on the FIDE world rating list.
[edit] Individual
In 1999, Wang won the U-12 Category of the World Youth Chess Championship in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. In 2000, he came second in the U-14 Category, which was also held in Oropesa del Mar.
In April 2004, Wang scored the highest with 9.0/11 at the Chinese Men's Team Championships in Jinan,[5] and in December 2005, he became the National Chess Champion of China with a score of 12.5/18 in Beijing. In June 2005, he came third with 6.5/11 at the 2nd Sanjin International Hotel GM Cup in Taiyuan, and in October 2005, he also came third with 6.5/9 at the 5th Asian Individual Championship in Hyderabad, India. In November 2005, he came fifth with 8.5/13 at the World Junior Chess Championship in Istanbul, and reached the second round of the FIDE World Cup having beaten and lost to Karen Asrian and Ilia Smirin, respectively. In September 2006 at the 7th Lausanne Young Masters, he came second after having lost to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the final rapidplay playoff.[6] In October 2006, he came sixth with 8.5/13 at the World Junior Championship in Yerevan.
In February 2007, he came joint second with 6.5/9 at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow.[7] In March 2007, he won both the Calvi Open (6.0/7) in France and the Cappelle la Grande tournament - which hosted 87 GMs, 81 IMs and 465 FIDE rated players - on tie-break, ahead of five other players with 7.0/9 points and a performance rating of 2784.[8] In April 2007, he won the Philippines International Open Chess Championship in Subic Bay Freeport Zone with 7.0/9 points.[9] In July 2007, he came second with 5.0/8 at the 4th Sanjin Hotel Cup in Taiyuan.
At the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, November 2007, Wang Yue defeated Aleksei Pridorozhni, Sergei Tiviakov and his compatriot Bu Xiangzhi, only to be eliminated by Ivan Cheparinov in the fourth round. In December 2007, Wang came second on tiebreak at the Category 17 XVII Ciudad de Pamplona (Magistral A) tournament in Spain having scored 4.0/7 (TPR 2695).
In March 2008, Wang Yue finished shared first at the Reykjavík Open, together with compatriot Wang Hao (who won on tiebreak) and Hannes Stefansson.
In his super-tournament debut in April-May 2008 at the FIDE Grand Prix in Baku, he came joint first place with Vugar Gashimov and Magnus Carlsen, scoring 8.0/13 (+3,=10,-0) with a performance rating of 2806.[10]
[edit] National team
In 2000 and 2002 he competed with the Chinese national team at the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiads. In 2000, the team came 9th, but in 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, the team won gold and he achieved on first board an individual gold medal for his result of 8.5/10.[11]
In 2004, when Wang was a FIDE master, he competed in his first Olympiad in Calvià scoring 8.0/12 points on the first reserve board. The team finished in 24th place.
In June 2006 at the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin, the national team, seeded 12, came second winning silver. Wang Yue, on board four, went undefeated scoring 10.0/12 points (8 wins and 4 draws) and received an individual gold medal for this board four result, as well as an individual silver medal for his rating performance of 2837 (the second highest of all players after Vladimir Kramnik of Russia).[12]
At the December 2006 Asian Games in Doha, the national team won silver with Wang on board two scoring 6.0/9 points (+4, =4, -1).[13]
In January 2008, at the 15th Asian Team Chess Championship in Visakhapatnam, the national team won gold with Wang scoring on board one 4.5/7 points (+3, =3, -1).[14]
Wang has participated in several national team summit matches, including against the USA (2002), Russia (2004, 2006, 2007), France (2006) and the UK (2007).
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ List of Chinese international chess players
- ^ Chessdom - Chess Grand Prix 2008-2009
- ^ FIDE Grand Prix 2008-09
- ^ Elo rating history - benoni.de/schach/elo
- ^ CHN Men Team Ch.2004 - CHN: 2004-04-16
- ^ The Week in Chess
- ^ FIDE Online. Archive - Tournament report April 2007
- ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Wang Yue from China wins Cappelle la Grande
- ^ FIDE Online. Archive - Tournament report July 2007
- ^ Grand Prix - BAKU
- ^ OlimpBase :: World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads :: Wang Yue
- ^ OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Wang Yue
- ^ OlimpBase :: Asian Chess Games :: Wang Yue
- ^ OlimpBase :: Men's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Wang Yue
[edit] External links
- FIDE rating card for Wang Yue
- Wang Yue at ChessGames.com
- Wang Yue at Sina Sports News (in Chinese)
- Interview with GM Wang Yue Baku Grand Prix (May 2008)
- Wang Yue's Blog Report on Baku Grand Prix (2008-May-13)
| Preceded by Bu Xiangzhi |
Men's Chinese Chess Champion 2005 |
Succeeded by Ni Hua |
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