Yu Shaoteng
| Yu Shaoteng | |
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| Full name | Yu Shaoteng |
| Country |
 China
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| Born |
March 26, 1979 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
| Title | Grandmaster (2004) |
| FIDE rating | 2479 (April 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2550 (July 2002) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 餘少騰 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 余少腾 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yú Shàoténg |
| Wade–Giles | Yu Shaot'eng |
| IPA | [y̌ ʂâutʰə̌ŋ] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Yyùh siu tàhng |
| IPA | [ʔy̏ː ɕīːu tʰɐ̏ŋ] |
| Jyutping | Jyu4 siu3 tang4 |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Û Chió-thêng |
Yu Shaoteng (Chinese: 余少腾; Pinyin: Yú Shǎoténg; born March 26, 1979 in Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster, and is the personal trainer of chess prodigy Hou Yifan. He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, but was knocked out in the first round by Zhang Zhong. 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:
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), and twice at the Asian Team Chess Championships (1999–2003) (games played 7: +2, =2, -3).
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