Zhou Jianchao
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Zhou Jianchao is a Chinese
chess
Grandmaster. In 2006, he became China's 21st Grandmaster at the age of 17. In March 2009, Zhou became for the first time in his career a top 100 player in the world. He is ranked 117th globally and 5th in China.
China Chess League
Zhou Jianchao plays for Shanghai
chess club
in the China Chess League
(CCL).
China
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chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster. In 2006, he became China's 21st Grandmaster at the age of 17. In March 2009, Zhou became for the first time in his career a top 100 player in the world. He is ranked 117th globally and 5th in China.
Career
- He learned to play chess at the age of 6.
- In 2004, at the 2nd Russia-China Match, he scored 4.5/6 with a performance of 2623.
- First GM norm at the 2005 Aeroflot OpenAeroflot OpenThe Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament. The first event had around 80 grandmasters, while in the second event 150 grandmasters participated...
(A2 Group) having scored 6/9 (perf 2727)
- Second GM norm at the 2005 Dubai Open having scored 6/9 (perf 2664)
- Zhou was the runner-up of the National Individual ChampionshipChinese Chess ChampionshipThe Chinese Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of China.-Winners:-Women's Crosstables:Average Elo: 2382 Cat: 6m = 6.60Average Elo: 2372 Cat: 5m = 7.04Average Elo: 2346 Cat: 4...
and joint runner-up of the World Team ChampionshipWorld Team Chess ChampionshipThe World Team Chess Championship is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of 10 countries whose chess federations dominate their continent.-Men's team medals:-Women's team medals:-References:*...
in 2005.
- Third GM norm at the 2006 Aeroflot OpenAeroflot OpenThe Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament. The first event had around 80 grandmasters, while in the second event 150 grandmasters participated...
(A2 Group) having scored 6.5/9 (perf 2616)
- He is a co-champion of Asian Team Championship and won a Board Gold in 2008.
- Zhou qualified for the Chess World Cup 2007Chess World Cup 2007The Chess World Cup 2007 served as a qualification tournament for the World Chess Championship 2009. It was held as a 128-player single-elimination tournament, between 24 November and 16 December 2007, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia....
(held in Khanty-MansiyskKhanty-MansiyskKhanty-Mansiysk experiences a subarctic climate . The climate is extreme, with temperatures as low as -49 C° and as high as 34.5 C°. On average, however, the region is very cold, with an average tempurature of -1.1 C°...
) where he reached Round Three. He eventually lost to Michael Adams after having upset Emil SutovskyEmil SutovskyEmil Sutovsky is an Israeli chess Grandmaster. He is one of the several top chess grandmasters who were born in Baku, Azerbaijan .-Successes:...
and Andrei VolokitinAndrei VolokitinAndriy Volokitin is a Ukrainian chess player and International Grandmaster of Chess.As a junior, he was twice a medallist at the World Youth Chess Championship, taking silver in 1998 at Oropesa del Mar at under-12 level, and bronze at the same venue a year later in the under-14 category...
in the first two rounds. In this tournament he achieved a performance rating of 2687. This was his biggest achievement to date.
- At the 2009 Aeroflot OpenAeroflot OpenThe Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament. The first event had around 80 grandmasters, while in the second event 150 grandmasters participated...
, Zhou came third on tiebreak scoring 6.0/9 (+3,=6,-0) with a 2753 performance.
- He reached the second round of the Chess World Cup 2009Chess World Cup 2009The Chess World Cup 2009 was a 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 20 November and 14 December 2009, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The Cup winner qualified for the Candidates stage of the World Chess Championship 2011. Boris Gelfand defeated Ruslan Ponomariov in the...
in Khanty-MansiyskKhanty-MansiyskKhanty-Mansiysk experiences a subarctic climate . The climate is extreme, with temperatures as low as -49 C° and as high as 34.5 C°. On average, however, the region is very cold, with an average tempurature of -1.1 C°...
.
- Zhou Jianchao scored 6.0/9 (+3,=6,-0) at the 2010 Aeroflot OpenAeroflot OpenThe Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament. The first event had around 80 grandmasters, while in the second event 150 grandmasters participated...
coming 4th out of 80 players with a 2777 performance.
- In 2011 he came third in the Lake Sevan tournament in MartuniMartuni, ArmeniaMartuni is a city located in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It is near Lake Sevan which is a largest lake in the Caucasus. Its population is estimated to be 11,987 as of 2008...
and won the 1st Chinese Rapid Championship in Hefei.
China Chess League
Zhou Jianchao plays for Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
chess club
Chess club
A chess club is a club formed for the purpose of playing the board game of chess. Chess clubs provide for both informal games and timed games, often as part of an internal competition or in a league.-Organisation:...
in the China Chess League
China Chess League
The China Chess League is a Chinese professional league for chess clubs. The league is organized by the Chinese Chess Association. It is sponsored by Youngor Group and was sponsored by the Shandong and it has been able to determine the league's sponsorship name. Seasons usually run from April...
(CCL).