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Full name
  
Zhao Jun

Name
  
Zhao Jun

Country
  
China

Role
  
Chess Player

Title
  
Grandmaster (2004)

Peak rating
  
2621

FIDE rating
  
2617 (January 2016)


Zhao Jun (chess player)

Born
  
December 12, 1986 (age 37) Jinan, Shandong, China (
1986-12-12
)

Zhao jun xiu deshun amazing chess game


Zhao Jun (simplified Chinese: 赵骏; traditional Chinese: 趙駿; pinyin: Zhào Jùn; born December 12, 1986) is a Chinese chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2005, the 19th from China.

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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, where he came third.

Playing under the handle CK-324, he earned a spot in the 2006 FIDE Blitz Championship by winning a qualifying tournament on the ICC.

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, 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.

Zhao plays for the Shandong chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).

2011 chinese chess championship zhao jun vs xiu deshun


References

Zhao Jun (chess player) Wikipedia