Zhang Zhong
- For the 14th-century Taoist mystic, see Zhang Zhong (Taoist).
| Zhang Zhong | |
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| Full name | Zhang Zhong |
| Country |  People's Republic of China Singapore |
| Born | September 5, 1978 Chongqing, China |
| Title | Grandmaster (1998) |
| FIDE rating | 2634 (October 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2667 (July 2001) |
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Zhang Zhong (simplified Chinese: 章钟; traditional Chinese: 章鍾; pinyin: Zhāng Zhōng; born September 5, 1978 in Chongqing)[1] is a Chinese chess grandmaster who plays for Singapore since 2007.[2]
In 1998, he became China's 9th Grandmaster.
Career
Zhang won the silver medal at the World Junior Chess Championships of 1996 and 1998. He won the Chinese Chess Championship in 2001 and 2003.
In 2002 he scored 8.5/12 points at the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled[3] and won the 7th World University Chess Championship in Ulaanbaatar.[4]
Zhang Zhong was clear first with a score of 11/13 at the Corus B tournament in Wijk aan Zee in 2003, three points ahead of his nearest rival. This result qualified him for the prestigious main Corus A tournament in 2004, in which he scored 5/13. He won the 2005 Asian Chess Championship to qualify for the FIDE World Cup held that year, where he beat Mikhail Kobalia in the first round, but lost to Ivan Sokolov in the second round. In 2008, he won ASEAN Chess Circuit Tournament in Tarakan.[5]
In 2014 he won the 11th IGB Dato' Athur Tan Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur.[6]
China Chess League
Zhang Zhong plays for China Mobile Group Chongqing Company Ltd chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).[7]
Personal life
He is married to WGM Li Ruofan.[8][9]
See also
References
- ↑ 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库
- ↑ Player transfers in 2007 FIDE
- ↑ OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Zhang Zhong
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- ↑ http://ccl.sports.cn/
- ↑ ChessBase.com - Chess News - 4th Dato’ Arthur Tan Open: the “Empire” Strikes Back!
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External links
- Zhang Zhong chess games at 365Chess.com
- Zhang Zhong player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Zhang Zhong player profile at the Internet Chess Club
| Preceded by | Men's Chinese Chess Champion 2001 |
Succeeded by Zhang Pengxiang |
| Preceded by | Men's Chinese Chess Champion 2003 |
Succeeded by Bu Xiangzhi |
