Yu Shaoteng | |
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Country | China |
Born | [1] Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | March 26, 1979
Title | Grandmaster (2004) |
FIDE rating | 2480 (May 2024) |
Peak rating | 2550 (July 2002) |
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Traditional Chinese | 餘少騰 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 余少腾 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yu Shaoteng (Chinese: 余少腾; pinyin: Yú Shǎoténg; born March 26, 1979, in Guangzhou, Guangdong)[2] is a Chinese chess Grandmaster, and is the personal trainer of chess prodigy Hou Yifan.[3] He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, but was knocked out in the first round by Zhang Zhong.[4] In 2004, he became China's 17th Grandmaster at the age of 25.
He obtained four GM norms before being awarded the GM title. They were at:[5]
Yu has competed in the China national chess team in the Chess Olympiad once at the 33rd Chess Olympiad in 1998 (games played 4: +1, =2, -1),[6] and twice at the Asian Team Chess Championships (1999–2003) (games played 7: +2, =2, -3).[7]