Shen Yang (chess player)
| Shen Yang | |
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| Full name | Shen Yang |
| Country |
 China
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| Born |
January 23, 1989 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China |
| Title |
International master (2013) Woman Grand Master (2006) |
| FIDE rating |
2479 (March 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2479 (September 2016) |
Shen Yang (simplified Chinese: 沈阳; traditional Chinese: 沈陽; pinyin: Shěn Yáng; born January 23, 1989 in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is a Chinese chess player who holds the titles of International master and Woman Grandmaster.
Shen Yang plays for Jiangsu chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).
In 2001, she won the U-12 Girls section of the World Youth Chess Championship in Spain.
A notable game occurred in the World Team Chess Championship, held in Beersheba, Israel on October–November 2005, where Shen - then rated 2326 - managed to defeat 2652-rated Russian GM Sergei Rublevsky.
In the May–June 2006 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin she was part of the Chinese team that came third in the women's section.
In October 2006, she won the Girls' World Junior Championship in Yerevan, Armenia.
In May 2007, she was part of the Chinese team that won the first Women's World Team Chess Championship in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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