Shen Yang
Chess Player
Highly ranked Women's Chess Grandmaster who plays for Jiangsu chess club in the China Chess League.
She won the Girls section of the World Youth Chess Championship in 2001.
She won the Girl's World Junior Chess Championship in 2006 and the women's Chinese Chess Championship in Xinghua in 2009.
She was encouraged to play chess by her family at a young age.
She and Bu Xiangzhi are two of the biggest chess stars in China.