Wang Hao (chess player)

Infobox Chess player
playername = Wang Hao


birthname = Wang Hao
country = CHN
datebirth = birth date and age|1989|8|4
placebirth = Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster (GM)
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating = 2696
(No. 34 on the October 2008 FIDE ratings list and No. 3 on the July 2008 FIDE ratings list for juniors)
peakrating = 2696 (October 2008)

Wang Hao (zh-cp|c=王皓|p=Wáng Hào; born August 4, 1989 [ [http://www.chessinchina.net/html/CHNrating05.8.htm 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库 ] ] in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster.

He is third behind Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin in the FIDE Top 20 Junior world rankings. [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4738 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Anand tops July 1st 2008 FIDE ratings, Carlsen sixth ] ]

Grandmaster title

In 2005, he became China's 19th Grandmaster at the age of 16.

As with Garry Kasparov, Wang Hao became a grandmaster without first gaining an International Master (IM) title. He achieved his three GM norms at the: [ [http://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidetitles&view=appsdt&cat=0&per=10&aid=8602883] ]

* 2005 Aeroflot Open A2 Group in Moscow, Russia (February 14-24); score 6.5/9
* 2005 Dubai Open in Dubai, UAE (April 4-12); score 7.0/9
* 2005 2nd Dato Arthur Tan MAS Open in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (August 19-26); score 10/11

Career

In 1999, Wang came third in the U-10 Youth World Championship in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. In July 2002 he won the Qingdao Zhongfand Cup. In August 2002 he won gold on the fourth board of the Chinese national team in the U-16 Chess Olympiad in Kuala Lumpur.

In July 2004, being 14 years old, he again won a gold medal with his national team in the U-16 Chess Olympiad in Kozhikode where the result was 8/9 on the first board producing a rating performance of 2577. In the same month he won a youth tournament in Jakutsk.

Wang's first major tournament win was the Dubai Open in April 2005, when he was still untitled and astonishingly finished clear first with 7/9 points (rating performance of 2731), ahead of 53 grandmasters and 30 international masters [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2324 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Sensation: Dubai Open won by Wang Hao ] ] .

In August 2005 Wang won with the brilliant result of 10/11 (two points clear ahead of the rest of the field) in the 2nd IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur (rating performance of 2843) [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2616 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Incredible!! Fantastic!! Sensational!! ] ] .

In October 2005 he came joint-first in the Beijing Zonal 3.3 tournament, and took the second place after a playoff match.

In February 2007 he won the GACC Tournament at the University of Malaya.

In September 2007 he came in second place after Zhang Pengxiang at the Asian Individual Championship in Manila. In October 2007, Wang came third at the World Junior Chess Championship in Yerevan.

In January 2008, at the 15th Asian Team Chess Championship in Visakhapatnam, Wang won an individual gold medal for his performance on board three (5/6). The national team had also won gold overall. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/2008a/2008chn.html OlimpBase :: 15th Asian Team Chess Championship, Visakhapatnam 2008, China ] ]

In March 2008, he won the 23rd Reykjavik Open on tie-break with 7/9 points (2721 rating performance) [ [http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5759&Itemid=424 Skáksamband Íslands - Standings ] ] .

In April 2008, Wang competed at the Russian Team Championships in Dagomys, Sochi for the team "64" (Moscow), where he achieved a score of 8.0/11 (+5=6-0) and a performance rating of 2795.

In July 2008, he came 5th out of 10 players at the 9th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament (Category 18, 2691) in Poikovskiy, Russia. He scored 5.0/9 (+2=6-1) with a TPR of 2734. [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic715.html#3 Poikovsky - TWIC] ]

In September 2008, he competed at the 5th Russia v China Match in Ningbo where he scored the highest in the men's category with 3.5/5 and a performance rating of 2844 for the men's team (with Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi, Ni Hua, Li Chao). [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4921 Fifth China vs Russia Match in Ningpo] ]

ee also

*Chess in China

References

External links

*fide|id=8602883|name=Wang Hao
*chessgames player|id=78863|name=Wang Hao
* [http://www.benoni.de/schach/elo/his.html?id=8602883 Elo rating table]