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Austin Yang Ching-Wei

Taiwanese chess player (born 1998) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Austin Yang Ching-Wei (born January 12, 1998) is a Taiwanese chess player.

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Chess career

In October 2010, Yang played in the Open U12 section of the World Youth Chess Championship, where he finished 95th in a field of 150 players with a score of 5/11.[2]

In May 2011, Yang participated in the Asian Individual Chess championship, where he was defeated by Vaibhav Suri.[3]

In September 2016, Yang represented Chinese Taipei at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, helping his team defeat Nepal in the 10th round.[4]

In May 2023, Yang finished tied for third place with IM Oleg Badmatsyrenov in the Big Rook Chess Festival held in Bangkok, Thailand.[5]

Yang qualified for the Chess World Cup 2023, becoming the first person from Chinese Taipei to play in a Chess World Cup.[6] At the event, he was defeated by Jaime Santos Latasa in the first round.[7]

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