Zhang Jilin
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| Full name | Zhang Jilin |
| Country |
 China |
| Born |
June 24, 1986 Harbin, Heilongjiang |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2007) |
| FIDE rating | 2289 |
| Peak rating | 2361 (April 2008) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 張繼林 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 张继林 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zhang Jilin (simplified Chinese: 张继林; traditional Chinese: 張繼林; pinyin: Zhāng Jìlín;[1] born June 24, 1986) is a Chinese chess Woman Grandmaster.
Zhang Jilin first represented China in the World Under 10 Championships in Menorca in 1996 and then three times subsequently at the World Junior (U/20) Girls Championships in 2004, 2005 and 2006, finishing top 10 on all three occasions.
Zhang currently plays for Shandong chess club in the top division of the China Chess League (CCL),[2] alongside Women's World Champion Hou Yifan.
She also has the titles of FIDE Arbiter (2008) and FIDE Trainer.
WGM title
In June 2007, she qualified for the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title. She earned WGM norms at:[3]
- 2002 China Women's Team Championship in Beihai, China (February 5–17); score 7.0/9
- 2006 World Junior Chess Championship (Girls) in Yerevan, Armenia (October 3–16, 2006); score 7.0/11
- 3rd Singapore Masters International Open in Singapore (December 26–30, 2006); score 5.0/9
Women's World Chess Championship
In 2008 Zhang qualified from the Chinese Zonal tournament and reached the final stages of the Women's World Chess Championship in Nalchik, Russia, where she was knocked out in the first round by Irina Gaponenko.
See also
References
External links
- Zhang Jilin rating card at FIDE
- Zhang Jilin player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Zhang Jilin's official website (in Chinese)
- Title Application for International Arbiter (IA)
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