Li Shilong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Li Shilong (simplified Chinese: 李师龙; traditional Chinese: 李師龍; pinyin: Lǐ Shīlóng; born August 10, 1977)^[1] is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2002, he became China's 14th Grandmaster.

Li Shilong
Li in 2008
Country	China
Born	(1977-08-10) August 10, 1977 (age 47) Guangzhou, China
Title	Grandmaster (2002)
Peak rating	2561 (November 2012)

Chess career

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. He scored 7½/9 with one point clear from the rest of the field.^[2]

In 2011 he won the 8th IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur.^[3]

See also

• Chess in China