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WGM Lan Yao

Lan Yao
Full name
Lan Yao
Born
Dec 28, 2000 (age 25)‎
Place of birth
Federation
England
Profiles
#1703
World Ranking
2306
Classical
2167
Rapid
2078
Blitz

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Italian Game: Two Knights, Modern Bishop's Opening (7 games)
French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Bogoljubov Variation (6 games)
Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (6 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Modern Variation (6 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (5 games)
Black Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (8 games)
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (7 games)
Catalan Opening (7 games)
Sicilian Defense: French Variation (5 games)
Alapin Sicilian Defense (4 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Lan Yao (2307)
Nils Heldenbergh (2205)
0-1 54 2026
Lan Yao (2307)
Bozhena Piddubna (2291)
½-½ 23 2026
Lan Yao (2294)
Marija Zvereva (2033)
1-0 36 2025
Lan Yao (2254)
Irina Chelushkina (2143)
1-0 26 2025
Lan Yao (2254)
Pauline Guichard (2355)
1-0 48 2025
Lan Yao (2253)
Robert Veleski (2096)
1-0 63 2025
Lan Yao (2253)
Arpad Boronyak (2071)
1-0 48 2025
Lan Yao (2261)
Cristian Andres Hernandez (2373)
1-0 40 2025
Lan Yao (2316)
Rithvik Deepak Ambattu (1990)
1-0 34 2025
Lan Yao (2316)
Jan Murawski (2189)
1-0 44 2025
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