Shen Yang (chess player)
| Shen Yang | |
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| Full name | Shen Yang |
| Country |
 China |
| Born |
January 23, 1989 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China |
| Title | Woman Grand Master (WGM) |
| FIDE rating |
2449 (May 2015) (No. 54 ranked woman in the November 2012 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2475 (October 2014) |
Shen Yang (simplified Chinese: 沈阳; traditional Chinese: 沈陽; pinyin: Shěn Yáng; born January 23, 1989[1] in Nanjing, Jiangsu) was the 2009 Women's Chess Champion of China. She gained the Woman Grandmaster title in 2006.
Shen Yang plays for Jiangsu chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).[2]
Career
In 2001, she won the U-12 Girls section of the World Youth Chess Championship in Spain.
A notable game occurred in the World Team Chess Championship, held in Beersheba, Israel on October–November 2005, where Shen - then rated 2326 - managed to defeat 2652-rated Russian GM Sergei Rublevsky.[3]
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.[4]
In May 2007, she was part of the Chinese team that won the First World Women's Team Chess Championship in Yekaterinburg, Russia.[5]
In the Russian Team Championship Shen plays for the women's team of ACADEMY Tomsk on Board 2.[6]
In August–September 2008 at the Women's World Chess Championship in Nalchik she was knocked out in the fourth round 0.0-2.0 by Humpy Koneru of India.
In September 2008, she competed at the 5th Russia v China Match in Ningbo where she scored the highest in the women's category with 4.0/5 and had a performance rating of 2706.[7]
On 6 June 2009, she won the women's Chinese Chess Championship in Xinghua with 9 points out of 11 games.
In March 2014 she came 2nd in the women's Chinese Chess Championship.
She has qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2014.
WGM title
In 2006, she gained the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title. She achieved her WGM norms at:[8]
- 2004 China Individual Championship (Women's) in Lanzhou, Gansu (November 11–22, 2004); score 7.5/11
- World Women's Championship Zonal 3.3 (China) in Beijing (October 20–25, 2005); score 5.5/9
- Aeroflot Open 2006 Tournament A2 Group in Moscow (February 8–16, 2006); score 5.0/9
See also
References
- ↑ 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库
- ↑ http://ccl.sports.cn/
- ↑ WCTC – China loses but retains the lead CHESSBASE NEWS. 10.11.2005
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Tomsk leads in the Russian Team Championships CHESSBASE NEWS. 06.05.2007.
- ↑ Fifth China vs Russia Match in Ningpo
- ↑
External links
- Shen Yang player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Interview with Shen Yang 2nd Mixed Chess Match, The Calaveras Fest 2007, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
| Preceded by Hou Yifan |
Women's Chinese Chess Champion 2009 |
Succeeded by Ju Wenjun |
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