Zhou Weiqi Explained
| Zhou Weiqi |
| Country: | China |
| Birth Date: | 1986 10, df=y[1] |
| Birth Place: | Changzhou, Jiangsu |
| Grandmaster (2008) |
| Peakrating: | 2646 (July 2015) |
| Fideid: | 8601674 |
Zhou Weiqi (; born 1 October 1986)[2] is a Chinese chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2008.
Career
Born in Changzhou,[3] Jiangsu Province, Zhou has competed twice (2000, 2002) in the Chinese national team in the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad with playing record of 19 games (+11, =3, −5).[4]
In the 2008 Aeroflot Open (A2 group), he came second with a performance rating of 2703.[5] In May 2008, he came joint first on points (8/11) and second on tie-break at the 2nd Philippine International Open in Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
At the 79th FIDE congress, held on 16–26 November 2008 in Dresden, Germany, his application for the grandmaster title was approved, making him the 26th grandmaster of China.[6]
He gained his three norms required for the title at:[7]
He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk (20 November – 15 December) by coming equal first at the 8th Asian Continental Chess Championship (2009).[8] He knocked out Emil Sutovsky in the first round to reach round two, where he lost to Gata Kamsky and thus was eliminated from the competition.
He came joint first on 7/9 points (+5=4–0; 2704 performance)[9] and second on tiebreak[10] at the 17th Chigorin Memorial, held from 14 to 25 October 2009 at Holiday Inn Moskovskie Vorota hotel in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[11]
In 2010 Zhou Weiqi won the 7th IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur.[12] In 2015 he won the Premier section of the Doeberl Cup in Canberra, Australia.[13]
China Chess League
Zhou Weiqi plays for the Jiangsu chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).[14]
External links
Notes and References
- http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=8601674 Rating data for player Zhou, Weiqi, (CHN)
- Web site: 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库 . Chessinchina.net . 31 January 2012 . 12 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131112145833/http://www.chessinchina.net/html/CHNrating05.8.htm . dead .
- Web site: 周唯奇——从常州走出去的国际象棋特级大师_百年障眼书千卷_新浪博客 . 6 January 2009. Blog.sina.com.cn. 31 January 2012.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110518165906/http://www.olimpbase.org/playersch/tzjh7z7a.html OlimpBase :: World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads :: Zhou Weiqi
- Web site: AEROFLOT OPEN 2008: News . Aeroflotchess.com . 31 January 2012.
- Web site: Titles awarded at the 79th FIDE Congress in Dresden, Germany . Fide.com . 4 December 2008 . 31 January 2012 . 6 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606144628/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3583--titles-approved-at-the-79th-fide-congress- . dead .
- Web site: Grandmaster title application . 31 January 2012.
- Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – Tournament-Database . Chess-results.com . 25 May 2009 . 31 January 2012.
- Web site: GM Zhou, Weiqi . Totalchess.spb.ru . 31 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120222060132/http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/kalend/2009/ChigMemClassic/players/p030.html . 22 February 2012 .
- Web site: M.Chigorin Memorial 2009 . Totalchess.spb.ru . 31 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120125214545/http://totalchess.spb.ru/kalend/2009/ChigMemClassic/index.html . 25 January 2012 .
- Web site: Mikhail Chigorin Memorial 2009 . Chessdom . 31 January 2012 . 25 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120225110150/http://previews.chessdom.com/mikhail-chigorin-memorial-2009 . dead .
- Web site: Crowther. Mark. 7th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2010. The Week in Chess. 30 October 2015. 2010-09-07.
- Web site: Zhou Weiqi walked through Doeberl Cup Premier. Chessdom. 27 March 2015. 2015-04-08.
- Web site: 雅戈尔杯中国国际象棋甲级联赛官方网站 . 16 December 2009 . 28 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111028194605/http://ccl.sports.cn/ . dead .
