- Liu Wenzhe
Infobox Chess player
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birthname = Liu Wenzhe
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datebirth = birth date and age|1940|10|7 [http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/author/author_show.asp?ID=174 Seagaard - Chess Reviews] ]
placebirth =China
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title =International Master (IM)
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rating = 2473 (inactive)
peakrating = 2473 (July 2000)Liu Wenzhe (Chinese: 刘文哲; born
October 7 ,1940 ) [ [http://www.chessinchina.net/html/CHNrating05.8.htm 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库 ] ] is a ChineseInternational Master chess player and has been one of China's top chess trainers.Chess career
He was the first Chinese
chess master and China's first chess player to defeat a grandmaster. He has been considered as a pioneer of chess in China and is the founding father of the Chinese School of Chess. He won theChinese Chess Championship in 1980 and 1982.Two years after the end of the
Cultural Revolution andMao Zedong 's death and the fall of theGang of Four in 1976, China competed in their first Olympiad in 1978. There Liu Wenzhe became the first Chinese player to defeat a Western grandmaster. In the 1978 Olympiad in Buenos Aires he created a sensation by defeating GM,Jan Hein Donner of the Netherlands in crushing style. [ [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1260270 No Archiving Spiders Allowed ] ] At the time it was considered an aberration, but subsequent events have proved otherwise. In total, Liu made three appearances at theChess Olympiad s (1978-1982) with an overall record of 37 games played (+14, =4, -19). He also made four appearances in total at the Men's Asian Team Chess Championship (1979-1981, 1991-1993) with an overall record of 17 games played (+10, =4, -3).In 1986 he was appointed to the post of Chief Trainer of the Chinese Institute of Chess and head coach of the Chinese national chess team. He was succeeded by
Ye Jiangchuan in 2000.In 2002-3, he wrote a seminal book on the "
Chinese School of Chess " called the same name (see Further reading). In the book he charts the dramatic progress of Chinese players over the past 25 years.Quotes
"Systematically training players is more important than selecting them." --Liu Wenzhe, head coach, women’s Chinese Olympic team [ [http://www.chessville.com/reviews/ChessBitch.htm Chessville Reviews - Chess Bitch - by Jennifer Shahade - Reviewed by Michael Jeffreys ] ] .
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Chess in China References
Further reading
*cite book |title=The Chinese School of Chess |last=Liu |first=Wenzhe |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2003 |publisher=Batsford |location= |isbn=0713487739
External links
*Bill Kelleher. " [http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review375.pdf From I Ching to Zhu Chen] ". ChessCafe.com Book Review of "Chinese School of Chess" (2003) by Liu Wenzhe.
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*Chessmetrics [http://db.chessmetrics.com/PL/PL23365.htm Career Ratings for Liu Wenzhe]
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