Yu Shaoteng

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Yu Shaoteng
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Full name Yu Shaoteng
Country Flag of the People's Republic of China China
Born March 26, 1979 (1979-03-26) (age 29)[1]
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Title Grandmaster (GM)
FIDE rating 2505
Peak rating 2550 (July 2002)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yu.

Yu Shaoteng (Chinese: 余少腾; born March 26, 1979 in Guangzhou, Guangdong)[2] is a Chinese GM chess player. He is currently the personal trainer of chess prodigy Hou Yifan.[3]

He has four GM norms before being awarded the GM title. They were at:

  • In February 2002, 2nd Trignac Open International; score 7/9.
  • In March 2002, 6th Open Anibal in Linares; score 7/10.
  • In July 2004, 2nd ASEAN Masters GM in Bangkok; score 6.5/10.
  • In August 2004, 3rd ASEAN Masters GM in Bangkok; score 6/10.

Yu has competed in the China national chess team in the Chess Olympiad once at the 33rd Chess Olympiad in 1998 (games played 4: +1, =2, -1),[4] and twice at the Asian Team Chess Championships (1999-2003) (games played 7: +2, =2, -3).[5]

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