Bai Jinshi (; born May 18, 1999) is a Chinese

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player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster (GM) by

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in 2015.

Career

Born in

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

, Bai won the Under 10 section of the

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s in 2009. He played for China A team in the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad in 2013. Bai won the

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Open (jointly with

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) in 2014, the

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Open and the

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Chess Festival (on tiebreak from

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) in 2016. In April 2018, he finished tied for first place with Wen Yang in the

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and ended in second place on tiebreak score. In December, he won the North American Open in Las Vegas, US. In the same year, Bai played for the Chinese team in the China-Russia match, the Asian Nations Cup, where China won the bronze medal, and the India-China Summit match. In March 2019, Bai won the Spring Chess Classic B tournament in

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, US.

References

External links

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Jinshi Bai
chess games at 365Chess.com

team chess record at Olimpbase.org 1999 births Living people Chess grandmasters World Youth Chess Champions Chess players from Jilin {{PRChina-chess-bio-stub