Wen Yang (chess player), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Chinese chess grandmaster
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Place of Birth: Jinan, Shandong, China
About Wen Yang (chess player)
- Wen Yang (Chinese: ??; born 7 July 1988) is a Chinese chess player.
- In 2008, he became China's 25th Grandmaster.
- He achieved the norms required for the grandmaster title at the 2006 World Junior Chess Championship and the 2007 Asian Chess Championship.He has competed in two FIDE World Cups.
- In 2007, Wen Yang was defeated ½-1½ by Zoltán Almási in the first round and as a result was eliminated from the tournament.
- In the 2015 edition, he knocked out Igor Kovalenko in the inaugural round to reach the second, where he lost to Peter Leko.
- In 2018 Wen won the Chinese Chess Championship 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 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 China Chess League (CCL).
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