Liu Shilan

Liu Shilan
File:Liu Shilan 1980 Malta.JPG Liu Shilan, Malta 1980
Full name	Liu Shilan
Country	China
Born	(1962-01-24) January 24, 1962 China
Title	Woman Grandmaster (WGM)
FIDE rating	2249 (inactive)
Peak rating	2260 (July 1990)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu.

Liu Shilan (Chinese: 刘适兰; born January 24, 1962) is a Chinese female chess player who holds the WGM title, which she received in 1982. She was seven-times China National Women's Champion (1979–81, 1983-6).

In 1982, Liu came third at the World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Tbilisi with a final score of 9/14. In 1983, she qualified for the Candidates Tournament but lost her quarterfinal match held in Velden to Nana Ioseliani 6-3 (+1, =4, -4). Later, she competed in two further Interzonal Tournaments (1985 Zeleznovodsk, finishing 14th with 4½/15; and 1987 Tuzla, finishing 10th with 8½/17.)

Liu competed for the China women's national chess team; five times at the Chess Olympiads (1980–1988) with an overall record of 68 total games played (+25, =27, -16). She had the second best performance rating and won a bronze medal for first board at the 27th Chess Olympiad in Dubai, 1986.

She reached her highest FIDE rating of 2260 in July 1990.

See also

• Chess in China

External links

• Liu, Shilan rating card at FIDE
• FIDE Chess Player card - Individual Calculations
• Liu Shilan player profile and games at Chessgames.com

Preceded by None	Women's Chinese Chess Champion 1979, 1980, 1981	Succeeded by Zhao Lan
Preceded by Zhao Lan	Women's Chinese Chess Champion 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986	Succeeded by Peng Zhaoqin