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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
#4200
World Ranking
2297
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 (2306)
Luis Menendez Artime (1985)
1-0 27 2026
Lan Yao (2306)
Leon David Piasetski (2149)
1-0 39 2026
Lan Yao (2308)
Livio Cancedda-Dupuis (2250)
1-0 67 2026
Lan Yao (2308)
Jonathan L B Blackburn (2220)
1-0 50 2026
Lan Yao (2270)
Chanon Reifer-Belle (1761)
1-0 50 2026
Lan Yao (2270)
Julia Alboredo (2197)
1-0 45 2026
Lan Yao (2270)
Heather S Richards (2096)
1-0 42 2026
Lan Yao (2270)
Maria Teresa Jimenez Salas (2184)
1-0 53 2026
Lan Yao (2307)
Nils Heldenbergh (2205)
0-1 54 2026
Lan Yao (2306)
Jose Garcia Padron (2338)
0-1 47 2026
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