2006: Becomes A 2600 Elo Player
In February, he scored 4.5/9 at the Aeroflot Open. In June at the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin, the national team, seeded 12, came second winning silver. Wang, on board four, went undefeated scoring 10.0/12 points (8 wins and 4 draws) and received an individual gold medal for this board four result, as well as an individual silver medal for his rating performance of 2837 (the second highest of all players after Vladimir Kramnik of Russia).
On July 10–22 at the Taiyuan Scheveningen Event, the Chinese team won 36.5–35.5 against the foreign side with Wang scoring 6.5/12. From 28 July to 7 August, at the 4th Marx György Memorial (Category 15 av 2622 of July'06 ratings) in Paks, Hungary, Wang scored 5.0/10 (+1 −1 =8) and came joint third with Zoltán Almási. The tournament was won by Pendyala Harikrishna. From 10–20 August, at the 3rd Russia–China match in Erguna, Wang scored 5½/10 (+3 −2 =5) with a 2711 performance. China won the match 51½–48½.
On September 4–9 at the Trophée MULTICOMS China–France Match, he scored 4.0/6 with a performance rating of 2712, the highest in the competition. On 7 September, at the 7th Lausanne Young Masters, he came second after having lost to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the final rapidplay playoff. In October, he came sixth with 8.5/13 at the World Junior Championship in Yerevan.
At the Asian Games in Doha in December, the national team won silver with Wang on board two scoring 6.0/9 points (+4 −1 =4) with a 2647 performance.
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