- Ye Rongguang
Infobox Chess player
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birthname = Ye Rongguang
country = CHN
datebirth = birth date and age|1963|10|3 [http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=8600015 Rating data for player Ye, Rongguang, (CHN)] ]
placebirth =Wenzhou ,Zhejiang ,China
datedeath =
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title = Grandmaster (GM)
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womensworldchampion =
rating = 2461 (inactive)
peakrating = 2545 (January 1991)Ye Rongguang ( _zh. 叶荣光; born
October 3 ,1963 inWenzhou ,Zhejiang ) [ [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 retired Chinesechess Grandmaster , who in 1990, became the first Chinese player to gain the GM title. [ [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=13985 Ye Rongguang] at chessgames.com] [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5D91F3AF931A15756C0A966958260 Chess - New York Times] ] [ [http://wiki.gilachess.com/Chess_in_China_-_The_Awakening_of_a_Dragon CHESS IN CHINA - AWAKENING OF A DRAGON] By Ignatius Leong, International Arbiter & Organizer]Career
Ye Rongguang competed at the 1990 World Chess Championship (Manila VI-VII, Interzonal Tournament) where he finished in 44th place with 6/13 points. [ [http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/9193$iix.htm 1990 Manila Interzonal Tournament] ] In the same year he won the
China National Chess Championship . He reached his highest FIDE rating of 2545 on January 1991 when he was ranked 97th in the world. [ [http://www.benoni.de/schach/elo/his.html?id=8600015 Ergebnis von Eloabfrage] Ye Rongguang]Ye has competed in the China national chess team in the
Chess Olympiad three times at the Men'sChess Olympiad (1988-1992) (games played 35: +19, =11, -5), [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/players/6y26mcgc.html OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Ye Rongguang] ] and twice at the Men'sWorld Team Chess Championship s (1985-1989) (games played 15: +8, =2, -5) winning bronze on 6th board in 1985. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/playerst/6y26mcgc.html OlimpBase :: World Men's Team Chess Championship :: Ye Rongguang] ] Ye also competed twice at the Men's Asian Team Chess Championship (1987, 1991), with an overall record of 13 games (+11, =1, -1). He won an individual bronze medal and an individual gold in 1987 and 1991, respectively. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/playersa/6y26mcgc.html OlimpBase :: Men's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Ye Rongguang] ]ee also
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Chess in China References
External links
* [http://www.newinchess.com/NICBase/Default.aspx?PlayerID=45040 Ye Rongguang - Chessgames] -
New In Chess . NICBase Online.
*fide|id=8600015|name=Ye, Rongguang
*chessgames player|id=13985|name=Ye Rongguang
*Chessmetrics [http://db.chessmetrics.com/PL/PL44724.htm Career Ratings for Ye Rongguang]
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