Li Chao (chess player)
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Li Chao in Wijk aan Zee, 2010
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| Country | China |
| Born |
21 April 1989 Taiyuan, Shanxi |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating |
2720 (April 2017) (No. 15 in the April 2016 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2757 (March 2016) |
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  China
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| Men's Chess | ||
| Summer Universiade | ||
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2011 Shenzhen | Individual |
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2011 Shenzhen | Mixed team |
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2013 Kazan | Mixed team |
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2013 Kazan | Individual |
Li Chao (Chinese: 李超; pinyin: Lǐ Chāo; born 21 April 1989 in Taiyuan, Shanxi) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and Asian champion in 2013. In 2007, he became China's 23rd Grandmaster at the age of 18.
He has been a second/assistant for Wang Yue on several occasions, and both are good friends having known each other since they were children.
In chess circles he is sometimes known as "Li Chao b" since there is a second Chinese chess player named Li Chao.
Li Chao started to play chess at the age of six.
In 2005 he finished sixth at the World Junior Chess Championship held in Istanbul. In August 2007, Li won the Scandinavian Chess Tournament in Täby, Sweden with 8½ points out of 9. In September 2007, he won the fourth IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur. He won the President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Cup in Manila held on 21–29 November 2007.
In 2007, he was awarded the Grandmaster title. His GM norms were achieved at:
In April 2008, he came equal first with 7/9 points and fourth on tie-break at the tenth Dubai Open. In May 2008, he came joint first on points (8.0/11) and first on tie-break at the second Philippine International Open in Subic Bay Freeport Zone. In August 2008, he won the fifth IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open with 9/11. In the following month, he competed at the fifth Russia v China Match in Ningbo where he scored 3/5 with a performance rating of 2767 for the men's team (with Wang Yue, Wang Hao, Ni Hua, Bu Xiangzhi).
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