Zhou Jianchao - Career

Career

  • He learned to play chess at the age of 6.
  • In 2004, at the 2nd Russia-China Match, he scored 4.5/6 with a performance of 2623.
  • First GM norm at the 2005 Aeroflot Open (A2 Group) having scored 6/9 (perf 2727)
  • Second GM norm at the 2005 Dubai Open having scored 6/9 (perf 2664)
  • Zhou was the runner-up of the National Individual Championship and joint runner-up of the World Team Championship in 2005.
  • Third GM norm at the 2006 Aeroflot Open (A2 Group) having scored 6.5/9 (perf 2616)
  • He is a co-champion of Asian Team Championship and won a Board Gold in 2008.
  • 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. This was his biggest achievement to date.
  • At the 2009 Aeroflot Open, Zhou came third on tiebreak scoring 6.0/9 (+3,=6,-0) with a 2753 performance.
  • He reached the second round of the Chess World Cup 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk.
  • Zhou Jianchao scored 6.0/9 (+3,=6,-0) at the 2010 Aeroflot Open coming 4th out of 80 players with a 2777 performance.
  • In 2011 he came third in the Lake Sevan tournament in Martuni and won the 1st Chinese Rapid Championship in Hefei.
China Chess League

Zhou Jianchao plays for Shanghai chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).

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