Wen Yang - chess player

Full name	Wen Yang
Country	China
Born	July 7, 1988 Shandong, China
Title	Grandmaster (2008)
Peak rating	2631 (Jan 2013)

Wen Yang
Chinese	温阳

Wen Yang (Chinese: 温阳; born 7 July 1988 in Shandong) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2008, he became China's 25th Grandmaster at the age of 19.

World Cup

Wen competed in the Chess World Cup 2007 where he was defeated by 0.5-1.5 by Zoltán Almási in the first round. In the Chess World Cup 2015 he knocked out Igor Kovalenko in round one to reach the second one, where he lost to Peter Leko.

International Master

In 2007 he gained the International Master (IM) title. He achieved his IM norms at:

• U18 World Youth Chess Championship in Belfort, France (July 19-28, 2005); score 6.5/10
• World Junior Chess Championship in Istanbul, Turkey (Nov 9-22 2005); score 7.0/13
• Aeroflot Open 2006 A2 Group in Moscow, Russia (February 8-16, 2006); score 5.0/9

Grandmaster

In 2008 he gained the Grandmaster title. His GM norms were achieved at: Total number of games: 32 (minimum 27).

• 2006 World Junior Chess Championship in Yerevan, Armenia 3-16 October; score 8.0/12
• 2007 Asian Chess Championship in Cebu, Philippines 19-29 September; score 7.5/11. The norm achieved with Rp of 2640 is considered a 20-game GM norm.

China Chess League

Wen Yang plays for Shandong chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).

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