Lu Shanglei (born July 10, 1995) is a Chinese

China

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 Chess Grandmaster, who is the Number One rated Under-16 chessplayer in Asia

Asia

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 and the Number Five rated chessplayer in that age group in the world.

In October 2011 he gained the Grandmaster title by gaining two GM norms. His first (20 game) GM norm was in May 2011 when he scored 6.0/9 and finishing 7th at the 2011 10th Asian Individual Championship

Asian Chess Championship

The 2007 championship was a FIDE Zone 3 qualification event for the 2007 Chess World Cup, the next stage in the 2009 World Chess Championship. Ten players were qualified for the 2007 World Cup: Zhang Pengxiang , Wang Hao , Abhijit Kunte , Zhao Jun , Susanto Megaranto , Wen Yang , Darwin Laylo ,...

s in Mashhad

Mashhad

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, Iran coming ahead of 22 grandmasters and defeating Ehsan Ghaem Maghami

Ehsan Ghaem Maghami

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, Susanto Megaranto

Susanto Megaranto

Susanto Megaranto is an Indonesian chess Grandmaster.He became the youngest Indonesian GM ever at 17, beating out Utut Adianto's record by four years....

 and B. Adhiban. In June 2011 he gained his second norm at the 2nd Chairman Prospero A. Pichay tournament in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone

Subic Bay Freeport Zone

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, Philippines with wins against Rogelio Antonio Jr and Eugenio Torre

Eugenio Torre

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Lu Shanglei plays for the Zhejiang team in Chinese Chess Team Championships.

In August 2011, Lu Shanglei came 2nd behind GM Li Shilong

Li Shilong

Li Shilong is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2002, he became China's 14th Grandmaster.At the 5–16 October 2005 5th Asian Chess Championship in Hyderabad, he came second with 7.5/9 points behind Zhang Zhong...

 at the 8th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2011.