Liu Shilan


Liu Shilan is a Chinese female chess player who holds the WGM title, which she received in 1982. She was seven-times China National Women's Champion.
In 1982, Liu came third at the World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Tbilisi with a final score of 9/14. In 1983, she qualified for the Candidates Tournament but lost her quarterfinal match held in Velden to Nana Ioseliani 6-3. Later, she competed in two further Interzonal Tournaments
Liu competed for the China women's national chess team; five times at the Chess Olympiads with an overall record of 68 total games played. She had the second best performance rating and won a bronze medal for first board at the 27th Chess Olympiad in Dubai, 1986.
She reached her highest FIDE rating of 2260 in July 1990.