| Birth Date: | 26 March 1979[1] |
| Birth Place: | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
| Grandmaster (2004) | |
| Peakrating: | 2550 (July 2002) |
| Fideid: | 8600660 |
| Showflag: | stp |
| First: | s |
| S: | 余少腾 |
| T: | 餘少騰 |
| P: | Yú Shàoténg |
| W: | Yu Shaot'eng |
| J: | Jyu4 siu3 tang4 |
| Y: | Yyùh siu tàhng |
| Ci: | pronounced as /ʔy̏ː ɕīːu tʰɐ̏ŋ/ |
| Poj: | Û Chió-thêng |
Yu Shaoteng (; born March 26, 1979, in Guangzhou, Guangdong)[2] is a Chinese chess Grandmaster, and is the personal trainer of chess prodigy Hou Yifan.[3] He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, but was knocked out in the first round by Zhang Zhong.[4] 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:[5]
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),[6] and twice at the Asian Team Chess Championships (1999–2003) (games played 7: +2, =2, -3).[7]