Wen Yang (; born 7 July 1988) is a Chinese

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player. In 2008, he became China's 25th Grandmaster. He achieved the

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s required for the grandmaster title at the 2006

World Junior Chess Championship The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The idea was the brainchild of William Rits ...

and the 2007

Asian Chess Championship The Asian Chess Championship is a chess tournament open to all players from Asian chess federations ( FIDE zones from 3.1 to 3.7). It's held with the Swiss system and consists in two divisions, Open and Women's, the latter of which is reserved to f ...

. He has competed in two

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s. In 2007, Wen Yang was defeated ½-1½ by

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in the first round and as a result was eliminated from the tournament. In the 2015 edition, he knocked out

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in the inaugural round to reach the second, where he lost to Peter Leko. In 2018 Wen won the

Chinese Chess Championship The Chinese Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of China. Following are the official winners of the national championship from 1957 to date. Winners : Women's Crosstables : Average Elo: 2324 Cat: 3 m = 6. ...

edging out Bai Jinshi on tiebreak score, after both players finished on 7½/11 points. Wen was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team in the

World Team Chess Championship The World Team Chess Championship is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of 10 countries whose chess federations dominate their continent. It is played every two years. In chess, this tournament and the Chess Olympiads ...

of 2017. In 2012 he played for China's second team in the Asian Team Chess Championship. In 2008 Wen Yang was a member of the silver medal-winning team Qi Yuan Club in the 1st Asian Club Cup in Al Ain. Wen plays for Shandong in the

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(CCL).http://ccl.sports.cn/

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External links

Wen Yang
chess games at 365Chess.com *

team chess record at Olimpbase.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Wen, Yang 1988 births Living people Chess grandmasters Chess players from Shandong