Yu Shaoteng


Yu Shaoteng is a Chinese chess Grandmaster, and is the personal trainer of chess prodigy Hou Yifan. He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, but was knocked out in the first round by Zhang Zhong. In 2004, he became China's 17th Grandmaster at the age of 25.

Grandmaster title

He obtained four GM norms before being awarded the GM title. They were at:
Yu has competed in the China national chess team in the Chess Olympiad once at the 33rd Chess Olympiad in 1998, and twice at the Asian Team Chess Championships .