Ma Qun

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ma.
Ma Qun
Country  China
Born (1991-11-09) November 9, 1991
Shandong
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2607 (February 2016)
Peak rating 2621 (October 2014)

Ma Qun (Chinese: 马群; pinyin: Mǎ Qún, born 9 November 1991) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster.

Born in Shandong,[1] he was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2013.[2]

Ma Qun tied for first place at the 89th Hastings International Chess Congress in January 2014 with Mikheil Mchedlishvili (the eventual winner on tiebreak), Igor Khenkin, Mark Hebden, Jahongir Vakhidov, Justin Sarkar, and Jovica Radovanovic, placing third on countback.[3][4] In 2015 he won the silver medal at the 1st Asian University Chess Championship in Beijing.[5]

Ma Qun played for the gold medal-winning Chinese team in the Asian Nations Cup 2014 in Tabriz, Iran[6] and also earned the individual gold medal on board four thanks to his perfect score of 7/7 points, namely winning all seven games he played.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ GM title application. FIDE.
  2. ↑ Titles approved by the 1st quarter FIDE PB 2013. FIDE.
  3. ↑ Silver, Albert (6 January 2014). "Hastings Chess Congress ends in seven-way tie". ChessBase. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Doggers, Peter (8 January 2014). "7-Way Tie at 89th Hastings Chess Congress". Chess.com. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Liang, Ziming. "Megaranto and Ni Shiqun dominate Asian University Ch.". ChessBase. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Silver, Albert (2014-05-31). "Asian Cup: China takes gold, India is silver". ChessBase. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Board Medals". Asian Nations Cup 2014. Iranian Chess Federation. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Men's Asian Team Chess Championship: Ma Qun. OlimpBase

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