Wang Zili

Wang Zili
Full name Wang Zili
Country China
Born (1968-06-14) June 14, 1968[1]
China
Title Grandmaster (1995)
FIDE rating 2488 (December 2016)
Peak rating 2603 (July 2000)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.

Wang Zili (Chinese: 汪自力; born June 14, 1968)[2] is a retired Chinese chess Grandmaster.

In 1995, he became China's 5th Grandmaster.

Career

He gained the GM title in 1995. He was twice National Champion in 1988 and 1999. He participated for the China national chess team in five Chess Olympiads (1988–1996) with an overall record of 52 games played (+23, =18, -11);[3] one World Men's Team Chess Championship (1989) with an overall record of 9 games played (+3, =2, -4);[4] and three Men's Asian Team Chess Championships (1991–1995) with an overall record of 24 games played (+14, =8, -2).[5] In 1997 he managed to qualify for the FIDE World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament in Groningen, but was beaten in the first round by Utut Adianto.[6]

He reached his highest FIDE rating of 2603 on July 2000 when he was ranked 86th in the world.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rating data for player Wang, Zili, (CHN)
  2. ↑ 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库
  3. ↑ OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Wang Zili
  4. ↑ OlimpBase :: World Men's Team Chess Championship :: Wang Zili
  5. ↑ OlimpBase :: Men's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Wang Zili
  6. ↑ 1997 FIDE Knockout Matches
  7. ↑ Wang, Zili CHN FIDE World Top Chess Player
Preceded by
Ye Jiangchuan		 Men's Chinese Chess Champion
1988 		Succeeded by
Ye Jiangchuan
Preceded by
Peng Xiaomin		 Men's Chinese Chess Champion
1999 		Succeeded by
Liang Jinrong
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