Li Shilong Explained

Li Shilong
Country:China
Birth Date:10 August 1977
Birth Place:Guangzhou, China
Grandmaster (2002)
Peakrating:2559 (January 2009)
Fideid:8600678

Li Shilong (; born August 10, 1977)[1] is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2002, he became China's 14th Grandmaster.

Chess career

In 2005 at the 5th Asian Chess Championship in Hyderabad, India, he came second with 7.5/9 points behind Zhang Zhong. He has competed in numerous tournaments, including the Amsterdam tournament, Groningen Chess Festival, Corus tournament, Aeroflot Open, Noteboom Memorial, Cappelle-la-Grande Open and the Chinese Chess Championship, besides others.

In September 2008, Li won the 4th Prospero Pichay Cup in a field of eighteen grandmasters at the Duty Free Fiesta Mall in Parañaque. He scored 7½/9 with one point clear from the rest of the field.[2]

In 2011 he won the 8th IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.chessinchina.net/html/CHNrating05.8.htm 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库
  2. http://tournaments.chessdom.com/4th-pichay-cup/gm-li-shilong-pichay-cup GM Li Shilong wins the 4th Pichay Cup
  3. Web site: Malaysian Open won by GM Li Shilong. Chessdom. 30 October 2015. 2011-08-25.