Liu Wenzhe
Liu Wenzhe (; October 7, 1940 – September 20, 2011) was an International Master chess player. He was one of China's top chess trainers. Liu Wenzhe played for Guangdong chess club in the China Chess League (CCL). Chess career He was the first Chinese player to defeat a grandmaster (Nikolai Krogius in 1965) and the first to be awarded the title of International Master. He is considered a pioneer of chess in China and a founding father of the Chinese School of Chess. He won the Chinese Chess Championship in 1980 and 1982. Two years after the end of the Cultural Revolution and Mao Zedong's death and the fall of the Gang of Four in 1976, China competed in their first Olympiad in Buenos Aires. It was there that Liu Wenzhe defeated grandmaster Jan Hein Donner of the Netherlands in crushing style after only 20 moves. It remains his best known game: Liu Wenzhe—Donner, Buenos Aires Olympiad, 1978. Pirc Defence ( ECO B07)1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4 h6 6.h3 c5 7.d5 ...
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