Li Zunian (; born January 8, 1958) is a
Chinese
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International Master
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chess
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player. He was the
Chinese National Chess Champion in 1979.
Li made competed for the
China national chess team with four appearances at the
Chess Olympiad
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s (1980–1986) with an overall record of 49 games played (+15, =21, -13). He also made four appearances in total at the Men's Asian Team Chess Championship (1979–1983, 1987) with an overall record of 29 games played (+23, =2, -4); and one appearance at the World Men's Team Chess Championship in 1985 with 8 games played (+0, =5, -3).
Li was banned from representing China in 1987 after a cheating scandal at a zonal tournament where he was forced to lose two games (and win one) and made his displeasure at the situation obvious.
China Chess League
Li Zunian played for
Sichuan
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chess club in the
China Chess League
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(CCL).
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Chess in China
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Chessmetrics
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1958 births
Living people
Chess players from Shanghai
Chess International Masters
Chinese chess players