Zhou Jianchao

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Zhou Jianchao
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Full name Zhou Jianchao
Country Flag of the People's Republic of China China
Born June 11, 1988 (1988-06-11) (age 20)
Shanghai, China
Title Grandmaster (GM)
FIDE rating 2580
(No. 14 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list for juniors)
Peak rating 2580 (April 2008)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhou.

Zhou Jianchao (Chinese: 周健超; born June 11, 1988 in Shanghai)[1] is a Chinese GM chess player.

He achieved his first GM norm at the 2005 Aeroflot Open (A2 Group) having scored 6/9 (Elo rating perf. of 2727). His second GM norm was achieved at the 2005 Dubai Open having scored 6/9 (Elo rating perf. of 2664), and third GM norm was achieved at the 2006 Aeroflot Open (A2 Group) having scored 6.5/9 (Elo rating perf. of 2616).

Zhou qualified for the Chess World Cup 2007 (held in Khanty-Mansiysk) where he reached Round Three. He eventually lost to Michael Adams after having upset Emil Sutovsky and Andrei Volokitin in the first two rounds. In this tournament he achieved a performance rating of 2687.

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  1. ^ 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库

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