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ors to this site may be wondering what is happening with the new stars of chess, the Chinese, whom we have featured from time to time. Well, the latest FIDE list has just been published and China has three players in the top twenty, second only to Russia: Ding Liren (9), Li Chao (15) and Yu Yangyi (20). Where is Wei Yi, you may ask? Well, he comes in at 39 behind three more Chinese players so he still has some ground to make up. Time is on his side, however. Recently, he represented his country in the Asian Nations Cup (Wei Yi third from left in the team photo) where he had mixed fortunes as did his team which could only finish second to India. However, he managed to fit in one classic king hunt typical of his style in the round 3 match against Vietnam.
White: Wei Yi (2714) Black: Thien Hai Dao (2481)
Asian Nations Cup (Dubai) 2016