Zhang Jilin
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Born | Harbin, Heilongjiang | June 24, 1986
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2007) |
FIDE rating | 2289 |
Peak rating | 2361 (April 2008) |
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Traditional Chinese | 張繼林 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 张继林 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Template:Chinese name Zhang Jilin (simplified Chinese: 张继林; traditional Chinese: 張繼林; pinyin: Zhāng Jìlín;[1] born June 24, 1986) is a Chinese and Australian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2008.
Career
Zhang Jilin first represented China in the World Youth Chess Festival in Menorca in 1996.[2] 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 Woman Grandmaster title. She earned the required norms at:[3]
- 2002 China Women's Team Championship in Beihai, China (February 5–17); score 7/9
- 2006 World Junior Chess Championship (Girls) in Yerevan, Armenia (October 3–16, 2006); score 7/11
- 3rd Singapore Masters International Open in Singapore (December 26–30, 2006); score 5/9
In 2008 Zhang qualified from the Chinese Zonal tournament to play in the Women's World Chess Championship in Nalchik, Russia. She was knocked out in the first round by Inna Gaponenko.
She was awarded the International Arbiter 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.[4]
In 2018 Zhang was selected to play for the Australian team at the Batumi Chess Olympiad on third board.
In the China Chess League, Zhang played for Shandong team, which won the gold medal in 2007 and 2010.
References
- ^ 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库
- ^ Crowther, Mark (1996-10-28). The Week in Chess 103. The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Transfers in 2017". FIDE. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
External links
- Zhang Jilin rating card at FIDE
- Jilin Zhang chess gales at 365Chess.com
- Zhang Jilin player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Zhang Jilin team chess record at Olimpbase.org
- Zhang Jilin's official website (in Chinese)
- Title Application for International Arbiter (IA)