| Zhao Jun | |
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| Country | China |
| Born | December 12, 1986 Jinan, Shandong, China |
| Title | Grandmaster (2005) |
| FIDE rating | 2545 (March 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2641 (September 2019) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 趙駿 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zhao Jun (simplified Chinese: 赵骏; traditional Chinese: 趙駿; pinyin: Zhào Jùn; born December 12, 1986[1]) is a Chinese chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2005, the 19th from China.
The norms required for the title were achieved in 2004 at the Aeroflot Open, China Men's Team Championship, and World Junior Chess Championship in Cochin,[2] where he came third.[3]
Playing under the handle CK-324,[4] he earned a spot in the 2006 FIDE Blitz Championship by winning a qualifying tournament on the ICC.[5][6]
Also in 2006, Zhao played for the Chinese national team which won the silver medal in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin. He represented China in team events also at the Children's Chess Olympiad in 2000, World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad in 2002, China – France match in 2006,[7] and Asian Team Chess Championship in 2008 and 2012. In the 2008 event, China won the gold medal.
He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2007 and 2015. He reached the second round in 2007, when he knocked out Pentala Harikrishna in the first before losing to Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu.
Zhao won the 90th Hastings International Chess Congress in January 2015 with a score of 8/9, a full point ahead of the closest followers.[8][9]
Zhao plays for the Shandong chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).
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References
- ^ "中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库". Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ FIDE Title Applications - 1st quarter PB Meeting, 26-27 February, Tbilisi, GEO. FIDE.
- ^ "Harikrishna, Korbut win Junior titles". Chess News. ChessBase. 2004-12-01. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
- ^ Zhao Jun member profile at the Internet Chess Club
- ^ "ICC Blitz Championship". Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
- ^ "Grischuk wins FIDE World Blitz Championship". Chess News. ChessBase. 2006-09-12. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
- ^ "China - France Match". Susan Polgar Global Chess Daily News and Information. 2006-09-08. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
- ^ Priyadarshan Banjan (7 January 2015). "Zhao Jun bulldozes Hastings Chess Congress". ChessBase. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ Pein, Malcolm (9 January 2015). "Zhao Jun conquers Hastings: Chinese grandmaster wins world's oldest chess congress". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
External links
- Zhao Jun player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Jun Zhao chess games at 365Chess.com
- Zhao Jun Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
This page was last edited on 6 March 2024, at 18:50