Zhang Jilin (; born June 24, 1986) is a Chinese and Australian

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player holding the title of

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(WGM). She competed in the

Women's World Chess Championship The Women's World Chess Championship (WWCC) is played to determine the world champion in women's chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE. Unlike with most sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee, wh ...

in 2008.

Career

Zhang Jilin first represented China in the World Youth Chess Festival in

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in 1996. She played then three times subsequently at the World Girls U-20 Championship in 2004, 2005 and 2006, finishing in the top ten on all three occasions. In June 2007, she qualified for the

title. She earned the required

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s at: * 2002 China Women's Team Championship in Beihai, China (February 5–17); score 7/9 * 2006

World Junior Chess Championship The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The idea was the brainchild of William Rits ...

(Girls) in

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(October 3–16, 2006); score 7/11 * 3rd Singapore Masters International Open in

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(December 26–30, 2006); score 5/9 In 2008 Zhang qualified from the Chinese Zonal tournament to play in the

in Nalchik, Russia. She was knocked out in the first round by

Inna Gaponenko Inna Gaponenko (also known as Inna Yanovska; born 22 June 1976) is a Ukrainian chess player holding the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Career She won the European under-16 girls' championship in 1992 and the w ...

. She was awarded the

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title in 2010. Zhang moved with her family to Sydney in 2016 and in August 2017, Zhang switched her national federation from China to Australia. In 2018 Zhang was selected to play for the Australian team at the Batumi Chess Olympiad on third board. In the

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, Zhang played for Shandong team, which won the gold medal in 2007 and 2010.

References

External links

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Jilin Zhang
chess gales at 365Chess.com *

team chess record at Olimpbase.org
Zhang Jilin's official website
(in Chinese)
Title Application for International Arbiter (IA)
1986 births Living people Chess woman grandmasters Chess players from Harbin Australian female chess players Australian chess players Australian people of Chinese descent Chess arbiters {{Australia-chess-bio-stub