Wang Yu (chess player)


Wang Yu is a Chinese chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.

Chess career

In 1996, Wang won the World Under-14 Girls Championship and in 1998, won the World U16 Girls Championship. In 1999, she won the Asian Junior Girls Championship in Vũng Tàu. Wang finished runner-up at the World Under-18 Girls Championship of 2000.
Wang Yu won the Asian Women's Chess Championship of 2004 in Beirut. In 2005, she won the Chinese Women's Chess Championship.

National team

Wang played for the B team in 1999 and for the first team in 2003 at the Women's Asian Team Chess Championship. She also played for the Chinese women's team at the World Team Chess Championship in Beersheba. In 2006 Wang Yu was a member of the Chinese team which won the bronze medal at the Women's 37th Chess Olympiad.
Wang was part of the women's team in the 2007 China-Russia Summit Match.

IM title

In 2007, she gained the International Master title. She achieved her IM norms at:
In 2003, she gained the Woman Grandmaster title. She achieved her WGM norms at:
Wang Yu plays for Beijing chess club in the China Chess League.