Zhao Jun

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Zhao Jun
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Full name Zhao Jun
Country Flag of the People's Republic of China China
Born December 12, 1986 (1986-12-12) (age 21)
Jinan, Shandong, China
Title Grandmaster (GM)
FIDE rating 2566
Peak rating 2589 (January 2008)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhao.

Zhao Jun (Chinese: 赵骏; born December 12, 1986[1] in Jinan, Shandong) is a Chinese GM chess player.

He achieved his first GM norm at the February 2004 Aeroflot Open in Moscow where he scored 5/9 (tpr 2613). His second norm was achieved at the April 2004 China Men's Team Championship in Jinan where he scored 7/10 (tpr 2652). His third norm was achieved at the November 2004 World Junior Chess Championship in Cochin where he came third scoring 9.5/13 (tpr 2633).

Playing under the handle CK-324,[2] he earned a spot in the 2006 FIDE Blitz Championship by winning a qualifying tournament on the ICC.[3][4]

He competed in the Chess World Cup 2007 where he reached Round Two where he lost to Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu after having beaten Pentala Harikrishna in the first round. In this tournament he achieved a performance rating of 2668.

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  1. ^ 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库
  2. ^ Look Up (Finger) Player CK-324
  3. ^ ICC Help: BlitzChamps
  4. ^ ICC Blitz Championship

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