Xiu Deshun (; born 1 February 1989, in Qingdao) is a Chinese

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

grandmaster. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team at the Asian Nations Cup 2014 in

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, Iran, where he also won the individual gold medal on the reserve board (board 5). Xiu played for the Chinese team also in the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad of 2004, winning the team gold medal. He won the

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

Open Chess Championship (also known as

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Chess Club Open) in 2008 and 2009, and the IGB

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Open in 2013. Xiu plays for Qingdao Yucai

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in the

China Chess League The China Chess League (CCL) () is a Chinese professional league for chess clubs. The league is organized by the Chinese Chess Association. It is sponsored by Youngor Group and was sponsored by the Shandongbr>Torch Real Estate Group(2005–2009 ...

(CCL).

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Xiu Deshun
chess games at 365Chess.com * 1989 births Living people Chess grandmasters Chess players from Shandong Sportspeople from Qingdao Chinese chess players {{PRChina-chess-bio-stub