Liran Zhou Explained

Country:	United States
Birth Date:	22 April 2008
Birth Place:	New York City, U.S.
International Master (2023)
Peakrating:	2409 (August 2022)
Fideid:	30931967

Liran Zhou is an American chess player. 

Chess career

In August 2017, he broke Christopher Yoo's record for being the youngest American national master after defeating Lawyer Times in the Continental Open and crossing 2200 in USCF ratings. Zhou was 9 years, 3 months, and 22 days old, while Yoo had achieved the master title at 9 years and 11 months.^[1]

In September 2017, he was the U10 World Youth Champion, finishing one point ahead of fellow American player Arthur Xu.^{[2] [3]}

In January 2018, he won the Elementary section of the Greater NY Scholastics Championship, winning all of his games.^[4]

In September 2019, he became the U12 World Youth Champion, finishing half a point ahead of runner-up Chen Yuan.^[5]  

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nine-Year-Old Liran Zhou Breaks Record for Youngest Master at the Continental Open. August 21, 2017. David. Hater.
2. Web site: US Youth Team Breaks Medal Record In Brazil!. Aviv. Friedman. September 12, 2017.
3. Web site: World Cadets 2017: Indians so near yet so far. September 13, 2017. Praful. Zaveri.
4. Web site: Vanessa Sun on the Greater NY Scholastics. Vanessa. Sun. January 20, 2018.
5. Web site: Artem Lebedev, Savva Vetokhin and Galina Mikheeva Become World Youth Champions. September 1, 2019.