Gao Rui (; born 20 May 1992 in
Qingdao
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) is a
chess
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player from
China
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. He was awarded the
FIDE titles
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of International Master in 2009 and
Grandmaster in 2013.
He won the
First Saturday IM tournaments of May and June 2008 in
Budapest
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. In 2015, Gao won the Best Newcomer Award, jointly with Koswate. K.R.C.T. from Sri Lanka, at the 1st Asian University Chess Championship in
Beijing
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.
References
External links
Gao Ruichess games at 365Chess.com
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1992 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
Sportspeople from Qingdao
Chess players from Shandong
21st-century Chinese people
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