 In November, he came fifth with 8½/13 at the World Junior Chess Championship in Istanbul, and reached the second round of the FIDE World Cup having beaten and lost to Karen Asrian and Ilia Smirin, respectively.In February, Wang scored 4½/9 at the Aeroflot Open.In June at the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin, the national team, seeded 12, came second winning silver.