 Wang made his debut at the 2nd Pearl Spring chess tournament (category 21) in Nanjing.He came third out of six players with 4½/10 (Elo perf=2735); the tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen.At the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, in November, Wang was the tenth seed, and defeated Nikolai Kabanov (2–0) and Boris Savchenko (2½–1½) before falling to Étienne Bacrot (1½–3½) in the third round playoff.