Lu Shanglei

January 5, 2024
Chess Player

Quick Facts

Lu Shanglei
Full Name Lu Shanglei
Occupation Chess Player
Date Of Birth Jul 10, 1995(1995-07-10)
Age 29
Birthplace Shenyang
Country China
Birth City Liaoning
Horoscope Cancer

Lu Shanglei Biography

Name Lu Shanglei
Birthday Jul 10
Birth Year 1995
Place Of Birth Shenyang
Home Town Liaoning
Birth Country China
Birth Sign Cancer

Lu Shanglei is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on July 10, 1995 in Shenyang, Liaoning, China. Lu Shanglei (Chinese Lu Shang Lei; born 10/7/1995) is a Chinese chess grandmaster who was also the 2014 World Junior Chess Champion.

He was a member of the Chinese men’s team at the China-USA Chess Summit, Ningbo (China) in 2013. The Chinese won the match.

In April 2015, he finished fourth at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow, and second at the Aeroflot blitz tournament. In June 2015, he won two blitz tournaments in Bulgaria, the Golden Sands Blitz and the Albena Blitz, both with a score of 9/11 points. In the subsequent month, Lu helped the Chinese team to win the 9th China-Russia Match, held with the Scheveningen system. At the Chess World Cup 2015 he knocked out Alexander Moiseenko and Wang Hao in rounds one and two respectively, then he was eliminated by Veselin Topalov in the third round after the first set of rapid tiebreaker games.

In 2016, Lu Shanglei won the Asian Blitz Championship in Tashkent and the Serbian Open.

FIDE awarded him the title Grandmaster (GM), in October 2011. In October 2011, FIDE awarded him the title Grandmaster (GM).

Lu Shanglei Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Chess Player
House Living in own house.

Lu Shanglei is one of the richest Chess Player from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lu Shanglei 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lu was part of the Chinese team that won the 5th Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup in Moscow, along with Yu Yangyi and Wang Chen.

Lu finished second behind GM Li Shilong at the 8th Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur in August 2011. He won the 1st Grand Europe Open at Golden Sands, Bulgaria, the following year.

In June 2014, at the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Dubai, Lu was the only one who won a game against the eventual winner, Magnus Carlsen, in the blitz event. In October 2014, Lu won the World Junior Chess Championship in Pune, India with a score of 10/13 points. Thanks to this victory he qualified for the 2015 Chess World Cup. In the following month, he took part in the 8th Kings Tournament in Mediaș, Romania, a match between teams China and Romania held with the Scheveningen system. He was the top scorer in the inaugural blitz tournament with 6.5/9 points, and helped the Chinese team (made up of Lu, Ni Hua, Wang Yue, and Wei Yi) to win the match scoring 3/4 in the classical encounter.

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Lu Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Lu Shanglei celebrates birthday on July 10 of every year.

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