Zhou Weiqi (; born 1 October 1986) is a Chinese

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player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by

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in 2008.

Career

Born in

Changzhou Changzhou ( Changzhounese: ''Zaon Tsei'', ) is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provin ...

Jiangsu Province Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its c ...

, Zhou has competed twice (2000, 2002) in the Chinese national team in the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad with playing record of 19 games (+11, =3, −5). In the 2008

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(A2 group), he came second with a

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of 2703. In May 2008, he came joint first on points (8/11) and second on tie-break at the 2nd Philippine International Open in

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. At the 79th FIDE congress, held on 16–26 November 2008 in Dresden, Germany, his application for the grandmaster title was approved, making him the 26th grandmaster of China. He gained his three

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s required for the title at: * 2007 February

Tournament A2 in Moscow; score 5.5/9 * 2007 June China Men's Individual Championship in Chongqing; score 6.5/11 * 2007 November 2 PGMA Cup Open in

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; score 7.0/9 He qualified for the

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(20 November – 15 December) by coming equal first at the 8th Asian Continental Chess Championship (2009). He knocked out

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in the first round to reach round two, where he lost to

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and thus was eliminated from the competition. He came joint first on 7/9 points (+5=4–0; 2704 performance) and second on tiebreak at the 17th

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, held from 14 to 25 October 2009 at Holiday Inn Moskovskie Vorota hotel in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Russia. In 2010 Zhou Weiqi won the 7th IGB

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Malaysia Open in

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. In 2015 he won the Premier section of the

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in Canberra, Australia.

China Chess League

Zhou Weiqi plays for the

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its c ...

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in the

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(CCL).

References

External links

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Zhou Weiqi
chess games at 365Chess.com
Zhou Weiqi
at New In Chess
Zhou Wei Qi – National Youth Chess Championship first-place
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhou, Weiqi 1986 births Living people Chess grandmasters Chess players from Jiangsu Sportspeople from Changzhou