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Li Shilong

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Country
  
China

FIDE rating
  
2508

Role
  
Chess Player


Name
  
Li Shilong

Title
  
Grandmaster (2002)

Peak rating
  
2559

Li Shilong

Born
  
August 10, 1977 (age 46) China (
1977-08-10
)

Chess: Immortal Games, Volume 1 (#99 of 250): Li Shilong vs. Lu Shanglei


Li Shilong (simplified Chinese: 李师龙; traditional Chinese: 李師龍; pinyin: Lǐ Shīlóng; born August 10, 1977) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2002, he became China's 14th Grandmaster.

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 City. He scored 7½/9 with one point clear from the rest of the field.

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

References

Li Shilong Wikipedia