Wang Yue - 2007: Becomes A 2700 Player

2007: Becomes A 2700 Player

In February, he came in joint second with 6.5/9 at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow. In March, he won both the Calvi Open (6.0/7) in France and the Cappelle la Grande tournament – which hosted 87 GMs, 81 IMs and 465 FIDE rated players – on tie-break, ahead of five other players with 7.0/9 points and a performance rating of 2784.

In April, he won the Philippines International Open Chess Championship in Subic Bay Freeport Zone with 7.0/9 points. In July 2007, he came second with 5.0/8 at the 4th Sanjin Hotel Cup in Taiyuan. In July at the 4th Taiyuan Scheveningen Event, the Chinese team lost 17–15 against the foreign side; Vadim Zvjaginsev finished 5.5/8 to top the score in the event, Wang Yue made 5.0/8 to top the score for the Chinese team. In 18–31 August at the 4th China–Russia Match in Nizhniy Novgorod, Wang scored 5.5/10 (+2 −1 =7) with a 2714 performance. China won the match overall 52.5–47.5. In 3–9 September at the UK–China Match in Liverpool, Wang scored 4.0/6 (+2 −0 =4) with a 2722 performance. China won the match 28–20.

At the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, in November, Wang defeated Aleksei Pridorozhni (1.5–0.5), Sergei Tiviakov (2.5–1.5) and his compatriot Bu Xiangzhi (1.5–0.5), only to be eliminated by Ivan Cheparinov (0.5–1.5) in the fourth round. In December, Wang came second on tiebreak at the Category 17 XVII Ciudad de Pamplona (Magistral A) tournament in Spain having scored 4.0/7 (TPR 2695). It was won by Francisco Vallejo Pons.