Wu Wenjin (; born 10 March 1976) is a Chinese
chess
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Grandmaster.
In 2000, he became China's
11th Grandmaster.
Career
Wu Wenjin won the
Asian Junior Chess Championship
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in 1996 in
Macau
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.
In October 1999, Wu came joint first (with
Đào Thiên Hải
Đào Thiên Hải (born 10 May 1978 in Sa Đéc) is a Vietnamese chess player and trainer. In 1995 he became the first Vietnamese player to be awarded the title of Grandmaster.
Chess career
Đào made his international debut at the age of 11 i ...
,
Peng Xiaomin, and
Bu Xiangzhi
Bu Xiangzhi (; born December 10, 1985) is a Chinese chess player. In 1999, he became the 10th grandmaster from China at the age of 13 years, 10 months and 13 days, at the time the youngest in history. In April 2008, Bu and Ni Hua bec ...
) with 6 pts at the
Qingdao
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Daily Cup. In November 2003, Wu came joint second (with
Ni Hua, after
Zhang Zhong) at the Chinese Men's Individual Chess Championship in
Shan Wei. In November 2004, he came joint third (with
Wang Yue Wang Yue may refer to:
*Wang Yue (chess player) (born 1987)
* Wang Yue (biathlete) (born 1991), able-bodied biathlete
* Wang Yue (judoka) (born 1997)
* Wang Yue (skier) (born 1999), Paralympic skier and biathlete
*Death of Wang Yue
Wang Yue () ...
) at the
Chinese Chess Championship in
Lanzhou
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. In December 2004, Wu finished third at the
Singapore
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Masters.
Wu has competed for the
China national chess team
The Chinese Chess Association (CCA) (中国国际象棋协会) is the governing body of chess in China, one of the federations of FIDE, and a member of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF). It is the principal authority over all chess events in China ...
twice at the Men's
Chess Olympiad (
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
and
2000
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) (games played 12: +5, =3, -4), and once at the Men's Asian Team Chess Championship (1999), with an overall record of 8 games (+5, =2, -1).
He reached his highest
FIDE
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rating of 2602 on October 2000 when he was ranked 86th in the world.
China Chess League
Wu Wenjin plays for
Jiangsu
Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...
chess club
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in the
China Chess League
The China Chess League (CCL) () is a Chinese professional league for chess clubs. The league is organized by the Chinese Chess Association. It is sponsored by Youngor Group and was sponsored by the Shandongbr>Torch Real Estate Group(2005–2009 ...
(CCL).
See also
*
Chess in China
References
External links
*
Wu Wenjinchess games at 365Chess.com
*
at
ChessmetricsWu WenjinFIDE rating history at benoni.de
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New In Chess. NICBase Online.
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1976 births
Living people
Chess Grandmasters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Chess players from Jiangsu
People from Zhenjiang
Chinese chess players