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{{Infobox chess player
|playername = Yue Wang
|image = Wang Yue (chess).jpg
|image_size=250px
|caption = Yue Wang
|birthname = Wang Yue
|country = {{CHN}}
|datebirth = {{birth date and age|1987|3|31}}
|placebirth = [[Taiyuan]], [[Shanxi]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]
|datedeath =
|placedeath =
|title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] 2004; aged 17
|worldchampion =
|womensworldchampion =
|rating = 2734 <small>(#14 on the March 2011 FIDE ratings list)</small>
|peakrating = 2756 <small>(November 2010)</small>
}}
'''Yue Wang''' (born 31 March 1987) is a [[China|Chinese]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|chess grandmaster]]. He was the first Chinese chess player to reach the top 10 in the world, and the highest ranked Chinese player of all time until 2015.

In 2004, he became China's 18th Grandmaster at the age of 17. In October 2007, Wang became the first Chinese player, and third Asian player, to cross the 2700 rating mark. 

Wang Yue was to play on 1st board at the World Team Chess Championship in January 2010, until China dropped out of the event at the last minute.<ref>tsf.org.tr [http://wtcc2009.tsf.org.tr/content/view/15/1/]</ref><ref>chessninja.com [http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2010/01/world-team-championship-2010.htm]</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Chinese chess players]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Chess grandmasters]]