Zhou Jianchao

Zhou Jianchao

Infobox Chess player


|playername = Zhou Jianchao
|birthname = Zhou Jianchao
country = CHN
datebirth = birth date and age|1988|6|11
placebirth = Shanghai, China
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster (GM)
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating = 2612
(No. 10 on the October 2008 FIDE ratings list for juniors)
peakrating = 2612 (October 2008)

Zhou Jianchao ( _zh. 周健超; born June 11, 1988 in Shanghai) [ [http://www.chessinchina.net/html/CHNrating05.8.htm 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库 ] ] is a Chinese chess Grandmaster.

In 2006, he became China's 20th Grandmaster at the age of 17.

Career

He learnt to play chess at the age of 6. Zhou was the runner-up of the National Individual Championship and joint runner-up of the World Team Championship in 2005. Also he is a co-champion of Asian Team Championship and won a Board Gold in 2008. [ [http://www.sevan.chessacademy.am/index.php?Page=participants08&Lang=1 Participants] Chess Academy of Armenia]

Zhou qualified for the Chess World Cup 2007 (held in Khanty-Mansiysk) where he reached Round Three. He eventually lost to Michael Adams after having upset Emil Sutovsky and Andrei Volokitin in the first two rounds. In this tournament he achieved a performance rating of 2687.

GM title

He achieved his first GM norm at the 2005 Aeroflot Open (A2 Group) having scored 6/9 (Elo rating perf. of 2727). His second GM norm was achieved at the 2005 Dubai Open having scored 6/9 (Elo rating perf. of 2664), and third GM norm was achieved at the 2006 Aeroflot Open (A2 Group) having scored 6.5/9 (Elo rating perf. of 2616). [ [http://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidetitles&view=appsdt&cat=0&per=11&aid=8603537] ]

ee also

*Chess in China

References

External links

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