| Lin Chen | |
|---|---|
| Country | China |
| Born | September 14, 1988 Jiangsu, China |
| Title | Grandmaster (2016)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2488 (January 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2533 (January 2016) |
Lin Chen (Chinese: 林晨; born September 14, 1988) is a Chinese chess grandmaster.
Chess career
In August 2015, Lin participated in the Asian Continental Chess Championship. By the sixth round, he was leading alongside Surya Shekhar Ganguly, and they drew their games against each other.[2][3] In the seventh round, he lost to Abhijeet Gupta.[4] Lin finished 24th in the Blitz championship out of a field of 83, and also defeated Salem Saleh in their encounter.[5] He finished 4th in the Rapid championship.[6]
In December 2015, Lin was able to hold Wesley So to a draw in the Qatar Masters.[7]
References
- ↑ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
- ↑ "Ganguly in joint lead in Asian chess Championship". August 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Asian Continental Championship: Lin, Ganguly maintain the lead; Vijayalakshmi, Hejazipour grab Women's lead". August 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Asian continental chess championship: Abhijeet Gupta thumps Lin Chen, in joint lead". August 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Asian Continental Blitz Championship 2015". August 12, 2015.
- ↑ Shah, Sagar (August 24, 2015). "Salem Saleh wins Asian Continental 2015".
- ↑ Shah, Sagar (December 29, 2015). "Qatar Masters Rd8: It's a Carlsen vs Kramnik showdown!".
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