Liu Yang
Woman FIDE Master
WFM Liu Yang is one of the strongest chess players in Singapore. In 2003, she was National Women's Champion. In 2004, 2006 and 2008 she won the gold medal in the National Schools Individual Championships (Girls-U20). In 2005 she became a Woman FIDE Master as a result of excellent play in the Zone 3.3. Women's Championships. In 2005, she was a gold medalist at Asian Schools Chess Championship (Team, Girls-U15). Between 2005 and 2007, Liu Yang was three-time National Women's Champion in the National Rapid Chess Championships. In 2007, she won the individual bronze (Standard Chess) and silver (Blitz Chess) at 8th ASEAN Age-Group Championship (Girls-U18). Liu Yang represented Singapore at 34th Chess Olympiad (Turkey, 2000), 35th Chess Olympiad (Slovenia, 2002), World Youth Chess Championships (Greece, 2002, 2004) and at 23rd Asian Games (Philippines, 2005). In 2004, Liu Yang received Nanyang Girls' High School's Sports and Games Girl of the Year Award. In 2004 and 2006, she was also the recipient of the Singapore Schools Sports Council's National Colours Award. 
