| Liu Shilan | |
|---|---|
 Liu Shilan, Malta 1980 | |
| Country | China |
| Born | (1962-01-24) January 24, 1962 (age 62) Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (1982) |
| FIDE rating | 2083 |
| Peak rating | 2335 (July 1987) |
Liu Shilan (Chinese: 刘适兰; born January 24, 1962) is a Chinese chess player who holds the title Woman Grandmaster, which she received in 1982 from FIDE. She has been the national women's champion of China seven times (1979–81, 1983-6).
Chess career
Liu learned to play chess at 12 years old in a chess school in Chengdu, Sichuan. In 1982, Liu came third at the Women's Interzonal tournament in Tbilisi with a final score of 9 points out of 14. Thanks to this result, she became the first player from Asia to qualify for the Women's World Championship Candidates' matches and to achieve the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
At the Candidates' stage, Liu lost her quarterfinal match, held in 1983 in Velden, to Nana Ioseliani by 6–3 (+1, =4, -4). Later, she competed in two further Women's Interzonal tournaments (1985 Zeleznovodsk, finishing 14th with 4½/15; and 1987 Tuzla, finishing 10th with 8½/17.)
Liu competed for the Chinese national team at the Women's Chess Olympiad five times (1980–1988), with an overall record of 68 total games played (+25, =27, -16). She had the second best performance rating and won a bronze medal for first board at the 27th Chess Olympiad in Dubai, 1986.
See also
References
- 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库, chessinchina.net.Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Xu, Jialiang (March 1984). "Liu Shilan: A Star Rises in the East". Chess Life. Vol. 39, no. 3.
- 1982 Tbilisi Interzonal Tournament, mark-weeks.com
- 1983-84 Candidates Matches, mark-weeks.com
- 1985 Zeleznovodsk Interzonal Tournament, mark-weeks.com
- 1987 Tuzla Interzonal Tournament, mark-weeks.com
- OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Liu Shilan
- OlimpBase :: 27th Chess Olympiad (women), Dubai 1986, information
External links
Media related to Liu Shilan at Wikimedia Commons- Liu Shilan rating card at FIDE
- Liu Shilan player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Shilan Liu chess games at 365Chess.com
- Liu Shilan FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org
| Preceded byNone | Women's Chinese Chess Champion 1979, 1980, 1981 |
Succeeded byZhao Lan |
| Preceded byZhao Lan | Women's Chinese Chess Champion 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 |
Succeeded byPeng Zhaoqin |