Yu Shaoteng
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | March 26, 1979[1] |
| Chess career | |
| Country | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
| Title | Grandmaster (2004) |
| FIDE rating | 2476 (December 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2550 (July 2002) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 餘少騰 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 余少腾 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yu Shaoteng (Chinese: 余少腾; pinyin: Yú Shǎoténg; born March 26, 1979, in Guangzhou, Guangdong)[2] is a Chinese chess Grandmaster, and is the personal trainer of chess prodigy Hou Yifan.[3] He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, but was knocked out in the first round by Zhang Zhong.[4] In 2004, he became China's 17th Grandmaster at the age of 25.
Grandmaster title
[edit | edit source]He obtained four GM norms before being awarded the GM title. They were at:[5]
- 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.
National team
[edit | edit source]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),[6] and twice at the Asian Team Chess Championships (1999–2003) (games played 7: +2, =2, -3).[7]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Yu Shaoteng
- ^ OlimpBase :: Men's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Yu Shaoteng
External links
[edit | edit source]- Yu Shaoteng player profile and games at Chessgames.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Elo rating and ranking table