Xu Jun

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Xu Jun
CountryChina
Born (1962-09-17) September 17, 1962 (age 61)
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
TitleGrandmaster (1994)
FIDE rating2465 (March 2024)
Peak rating2668 (July 2000)
Peak rankingNo. 22 (July 2000)

Xu Jun (Chinese: 徐俊; pinyin: Xú Jùn; born September 17, 1962) is a Chinese chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1994, becoming the fourth from China.

Biography[edit]

Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu,[1] Xu was champion of China in 1983 and 1985.[2] He has been a member of the Chinese Olympiad team, a five times winner of the Asia Team Championship (1983–2003), the 1987 3.3 Zonal champion, the 1998 champion of China Open; the 2000–2001 champion of Asia, and was a 2002 Chess Olympiad member of Chinese team which came 5th in the final standings.

In 2012, he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.

China Chess League[edit]

Xu Jun plays for Jiangsu chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库 Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "The Beijing Chess Challenge". ChessBase. September 28, 2003.
  3. ^ "雅戈尔杯中国国际象棋甲级联赛官方网站". Archived from the original on 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2011-10-28.

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Preceded by Men's Chinese Chess Champion
1983
Succeeded by
Preceded by Men's Chinese Chess Champion
1985
Succeeded by