Wu Shaobin (born 4 February 1969) is a

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Grandmaster. He won the national Singaporean Chess Championship in 2003 and 2005. He is married to former

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. In 1998, Wu Shaobin became China's 8th Grandmaster. He played for China in the 1994 Chess Olympiad and for Singapore in the

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and

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Chess Olympiads. He gained the title of FIDE Trainer in 2005. He has played for Shandong

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in the

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(CCL).

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Wu Shaobin
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(benoni.de/schach/elo) for Wu Shaobin 1969 births Living people Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Chess players from Henan Singaporean chess players Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games medalists in chess People from Anyang Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games 20th-century Singaporean people {{Singapore-chess-bio-stub

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