Wang Lei (chess player)
Chinese chess player
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Wang Lei (Chinese: 王蕾; pinyin: Wáng Lěi; born February 4, 1975)[1] is a Chinese chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster. She was in the FIDE Top 50 Women rating list from 2000 to 2003.[2] Wang is a four-time Chinese women's champion (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001). In 1996 she won the Women's World University Chess Championship in León, Spain.[3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 4, 1975 Shanghai, China |
| Chess career | |
| Country | China |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (1996) |
| FIDE rating | 2484 (May 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2512 (October 2001) |
| Peak ranking | No. 5 woman (October 2001) |
Wang competed for the China national chess team four times at the Women's Chess Olympiads (1990, 1996, 1998, 2000) with an overall record of 32 games played (+21, =8, -3), and once at the Women's Asian Team Chess Championship (1999) with an overall record of 4 games played (+3, =0, -1).[4] She was also on the Chinese women's team in the first China - Russia Chess Summit.[5]
