 It was won by Francisco Vallejo Pons.In January, at the 15th Asian Team Chess Championship in Visakhapatnam, the national team won gold with Wang scoring on board one 4½/7 points (+3−1=3) with a 2534 performance.In February, he scored 7/10 (+4−0=6) at the Gibraltar Chess Festival Open finishing 20th with a 2653 performance.