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.

Xu Jun
CountryChina
Born (1962-09-17) September 17, 1962 (age 61)
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
TitleGrandmaster (1994)
FIDE rating2471 (May 2024)
Peak rating2668 (July 2000)
Peak rankingNo. 22 (July 2000)

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.

External links edit

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