Wang Zili Explained

Wang Zili
Country:China
Birth Date:14 June 1968[1]
Birth Place:Bozhou, Anhui
Grandmaster (1995)
Peakrating:2603 (July 2000)
Peakranking:No. 86 (July 2000)
Fideid:8600023

Wang Zili (; born June 14, 1968)[2] is a retired Chinese chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1995, becoming the fifth from China.

Career

Wang gained the grandmaster title in 1995. He was twice national champion, in 1988 and 1999. He participated for the China national chess team in five Chess Olympiads (1988–1996) with an overall record of 52 games played (+23, =18, -11);[3] one World Men's Team Chess Championship (1989) with an overall record of 9 games played (+3, =2, -4);[4] and three Asian Team Chess Championships (1991–1995) with an overall record of 24 games played (+14, =8, -2).[5] In 1997 Wang qualified for the FIDE World Chess Championship knockout tournament in Groningen. He was beaten in the first round by Utut Adianto.[6]

He reached his highest FIDE rating of 2603 in July 2000, when he was ranked worldwide at 86th.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=8600023 Rating data for player Wang, Zili, (CHN)
  2. Web site: 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库 . 2008-02-29 . 2013-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131112145833/http://www.chessinchina.net/html/CHNrating05.8.htm . dead .
  3. http://www.olimpbase.org/players/95bjh9f9.html OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Wang Zili
  4. http://www.olimpbase.org/playerst/95bjh9f9.html OlimpBase :: World Men's Team Chess Championship :: Wang Zili
  5. http://www.olimpbase.org/playersa/95bjh9f9.html OlimpBase :: Men's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Wang Zili
  6. http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/9798$cix.htm 1997 FIDE Knockout Matches
  7. http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=8600023 Wang, Zili CHN FIDE World Top Chess Player