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Lan Yao
L Yao 
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Number of games in database: 160
Years covered: 2015 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2253 (2167 rapid, 2078 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2370
Overall record: +42 -28 =52 (55.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 38 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (30) 
    B32 B41 B94 B45 B99
 Sicilian Najdorf (9) 
    B96 B94 B99
 French Defense (8) 
    C02 C17 C11
 Caro-Kann (7) 
    B15 B18
 Giuoco Piano (6) 
    C53 C50
 Ruy Lopez (6) 
    C77 C96 C78 C70 C72
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (31) 
    B48 B47 B40 B92 B67
 Queen's Pawn Game (15) 
    E00 A45 D02 A46
 Sicilian Taimanov (9) 
    B48 B47
 English (9) 
    A14 A17 A13 A15
 Nimzo Indian (7) 
    E40 E38 E50 E59 E32
 Sicilian Najdorf (6) 
    B92 B90 B94
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NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   1st Caplin Menchik Memorial (2022)
   World Youth Championship U16 (Girls) (2016)
   British Championship (2023)
   European Championship (Women) (2025)
   Chessable British Championship (2022)
   British Championship (2024)
   24th European Teams Women (2023)
   Hastings 2019/20 (2019)
   Chennai Olympiad (Women) (2022)
   Budapest Olympiad (Women) (2024)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 European Championship (Women)
   L Yao vs P Guichard (Apr-11-25) 1-0
   A Ter-Avetisjana vs L Yao (Apr-10-25) 1/2-1/2
   L Yao vs J Eric (Apr-09-25) 1-0
   S Ibrahimova vs L Yao (Apr-08-25) 1/2-1/2
   L Yao vs I Chelushkina (Apr-07-25) 1-0

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LAN YAO
(born Dec-28-2000, 24 years old) China (federation/nationality United Kingdom)

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Woman Grandmaster

Wikipedia article: Yao Lan

Last updated: 2025-03-21 13:07:31

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 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 160  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J Zhu vs L Yao  1-0612015CHN-chB (Women)B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
2. L Yao vs M Qiu  ½-½702016Chinese Chess LeagueC77 Ruy Lopez
3. Y Li vs L Yao  ½-½462016Chinese Chess LeagueE00 Queen's Pawn Game
4. L Yao vs R Chu  ½-½282016Chinese Chess LeagueC42 Petrov Defense
5. L Yao vs M Liu  ½-½612016Chinese Chess LeagueB32 Sicilian
6. L Yao vs E Limanovska  1-0492016World Youth Championship U16 (Girls)B20 Sicilian
7. A Grigoryan vs L Yao  0-1502016World Youth Championship U16 (Girls)B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
8. L Yao vs M Broly 1-0302016World Youth Championship U16 (Girls)C17 French, Winawer, Advance
9. A Kazarian vs L Yao  1-0442016World Youth Championship U16 (Girls)B56 Sicilian
10. L Yao vs V Hamedi Nia  1-0452016World Youth Championship U16 (Girls)B41 Sicilian, Kan
11. N Yakubbaeva vs L Yao  0-1432016World Youth Championship U16 (Girls)A07 King's Indian Attack
12. D Vazquez Maccarini vs L Yao  ½-½512016World Youth Championship U16 (Girls)B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
13. L Yao vs P Shuvalova  ½-½532016World Youth Championship U16 (Girls)C51 Evans Gambit
14. Hagawane Aakanksha vs L Yao  1-0832016World Youth Championship U16 (Girls)B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
15. L Yao vs A Kochukova  1-0622016World Youth Championship U16 (Girls)C42 Petrov Defense
16. O Martynkova vs L Yao  0-1522016World Youth Championship U16 (Girls)E00 Queen's Pawn Game
17. J Zhu vs L Yao  0-1372016Chinese Chess LeagueB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
18. L Yao vs A Ushenina  ½-½382016Chinese Chess LeagueB33 Sicilian
19. R Chu vs L Yao  ½-½652016Chinese Chess LeagueE00 Queen's Pawn Game
20. L Yao vs Z Tan  0-1532017Chinese Chess LeagueC77 Ruy Lopez
21. T Gu vs L Yao  ½-½432017Chinese Chess LeagueB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
22. L Yao vs S Ni  ½-½452017Chinese Chess LeagueC42 Petrov Defense
23. Y Yuan vs L Yao  ½-½392017Chinese Chess LeagueE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
24. L Yao vs A Mukherjee  ½-½23201922nd Olomouc IM2B94 Sicilian, Najdorf
25. I Janik vs L Yao  1-0692019Vienna OpenE00 Queen's Pawn Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-17-17  BIDMONFA: Lan Yao

YAO, Lan
http://www.bidmonfa.com/yao_lan.htm
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