Photo by Fred Lucas
Wang Yue remains the proud leader in the race for the ticket to the Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament. The Chinese youngster also won his sixth game. After he had defeated Ljubojevic his mood got a further boost when he was approached by Jeroen van den Berg of the Corus Chess Tournament, who invited him to play in the top group coming January. Wang Yue didn’t have to think long and accepted immediately!
According to the LIVE rating ranking, Wang Yue is now at a whopping 2736, the highest mark ever by any Chinese player!
Source: NH Chess and LIVE rating
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Come on. It should say highest Chinese player. Anand is also from Asia.
It does say “Chinese player” or was that corrected from “Asian player”?
Wang Yue is definatelly a discovery of the year. Not a lot of people knew his name before the Grand Prix in Baku four months ago.
that’s FANTASTIC !!! he deserves it, and the spectators too … between him, ivanchuk and carlsen, what else to say for 2008 ???
oh ! Maxime vachier lagrave is eating fast and furious
Nakamura’s been eating his wheaties.