China Chess League
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The China Chess League is a Chinese
professional league for chess club
s. The league is organized by the Chinese Chess Association
. It is sponsored by Youngor Group
and was sponsored by the Shandong
Torch Real Estate Group (2005–2009) and it has been able to determine the league's sponsorship name. Seasons usually run from April to November each year. The league is contested by 10 clubs. Under the rules of the league each team is allowed to register seven Chinese players and an unlimited quota of foreign players. The rules require five boards with at least two female players and a 25 min+30 sec increment rapid game must also be played on one of the boards.
For the 2008 season, the league has attracted 26 GMs, three IMs, and eleven WGMs. This season, ten teams are competing over 18 rounds in six different cities in a six month period, from March to August.
For the 2009 season, the league was won by Shanghai
, with the top male and female scorers being Wang Hao
and Ju Wenjun
respectively.
China Mobile Group Chongqing
Hebei
Jiangsu
Shandong
Shanghai
Tianjin
Zhejiang
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China
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professional league for chess club
Chess club
A chess club is a club formed for the purpose of playing the board game of chess. Chess clubs provide for both informal games and timed games, often as part of an internal competition or in a league.-Organisation:...
s. The league is organized by the Chinese Chess Association
Chinese Chess Association
The Chinese Chess Association is the governing body of chess in China and is one of the federations of FIDE. It is also a member of the Asian Chess Federation . It is the principal authority over all chess events in China, including the China Chess League...
. It is sponsored by Youngor Group
Youngor Group
Youngor Group Company Limited is a private textiles and clothing enterprise in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. It is engaged in designing, manufacturing, selling clothing products with its "Youngor" Brand for gentleman clothing...
and was sponsored by the Shandong
Shandong
' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...
Torch Real Estate Group (2005–2009) and it has been able to determine the league's sponsorship name. Seasons usually run from April to November each year. The league is contested by 10 clubs. Under the rules of the league each team is allowed to register seven Chinese players and an unlimited quota of foreign players. The rules require five boards with at least two female players and a 25 min+30 sec increment rapid game must also be played on one of the boards.
For the 2008 season, the league has attracted 26 GMs, three IMs, and eleven WGMs. This season, ten teams are competing over 18 rounds in six different cities in a six month period, from March to August.
For the 2009 season, the league was won by Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, with the top male and female scorers being Wang Hao
Wang Hao (chess player)
Wang Hao is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In November 2009, Wang Hao became the fourth ever Chinese player to cross the 2700 Elo rating mark. He is the reigning Chinese Chess Champion, with a ranking of No. 1 in China, No. 2 in Asia behind Viswanathan Anand and No. 19 in the world...
and Ju Wenjun
Ju Wenjun
Ju Wenjun is a Chinese chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.Ju Wenjun plays for Shanghai chess club in the China Chess League .In December 2004, Ju came joint second in the Asian Women's Chess Championship in Beirut...
respectively.
Beijing Aigo Team 北京爱国者国际象棋队
- Ye JiangchuanYe JiangchuanYe Jiangchuan is a veteran Chinese chess player and has been one of China's leading players in modern history.In 1993, Ye became China's third Grandmaster, after Ye Rongguang and Xie Jun. On 1 January 2000, he became the first ever Chinese player to cross the 2600 elo rating mark...
- Li ChaoLi Chao (chess player)Li Chao is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2007, he became China's 23rd Grandmaster at the age of 18. As of April 2009, he is the sixth highest rated junior player and is China's fifth highest rated player...
- Yu YangyiYu YangyiYu Yangyi is a top junior chess player, who in October 2009 at the age of 15, became China's 29th Grandmaster.-Tournaments:...
- Zhao XueZhao XueZhao Xue is a Chinese chess player who holds the Woman Grandmaster and Grandmaster titles. In 2008, she became China's 24th Grandmaster.-Career:...
- Wang YuWang Yu (chess player)Wang Yu is a Chinese chess player who holds the IM and the WGM titles.-Chess career:In 1996, she won the World U14 Girls Championship and in 1998, won the World U16 Girls Championship....
- Arman PashikianArman PashikianArman Pashikian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He was the Armenian Youth Champion in 1997 and 1998, winning also a silver medal in 1999 and in 2001 . He also took the fourth place in the European Championship. In 2003 Pashikian shared the first two places in the Armenian Chess Championship...
(Armenia)
China Mobile Group ChongqingChongqingChongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...
Company Ltd 重庆移动通信国际象棋队
- Liang ChongLiang ChongLiang Chong is a Chinese chess Grandmaster.In 2004, he became China's 16th Grandmaster.-Grandmaster title:Chong gained the GM title in July 2004.He achieved his first GM norm at the 3rd S.T. Lee Cup Open Tournament in September 1996 scoring 6/10...
- Wang Chen
- Huang QianHuang QianHuang Qian is a Chinese WGM-titled chess player.She is currently the 47th ranked female chess player in the world. She had previously been in the FIDE Top 20 Girls List from 2003–2006, having reached a peak of 9th position on the April 2006 list....
- Tan ZhongyiTan ZhongyiTan Zhongyi is a Chinese female chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.-Career:Tan won the World Youth U10 Girls Chess Championship twice in 2000 and 2001...
- Alexander MotylevAlexander MotylevAlexander Anatolyevich Motylev is an International Grandmaster of chess and a former champion of Russia.He learnt how to play at the age of four and a half years and at age six took part in group instruction sessions. This is not uncommon in Russia where chess is very much part of the school...
(Russia) - Zhang ZhongZhang ZhongZhang Zhong is a Chinese chess grandmaster who now plays for Singapore.In 1998, he became China's 9th Grandmaster.-Career:Among Zhang's more notable results are silver medals at the 1996 and 1998 World Junior Chess Championships, first in the 2001 Chinese Championship, 8.5/12 at the 2002 Chess...
(Singapore)
HebeiHebei' is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province that included what is now southern Hebei...
国台酒河北国际象棋队
- Wang HaoWang Hao (chess player)Wang Hao is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In November 2009, Wang Hao became the fourth ever Chinese player to cross the 2700 Elo rating mark. He is the reigning Chinese Chess Champion, with a ranking of No. 1 in China, No. 2 in Asia behind Viswanathan Anand and No. 19 in the world...
- Zhang PengxiangZhang PengxiangZhang Pengxiang is a Chinese chess Grandmaster, and was the 2007 Asian Chess Champion. In 2001, he became China's 12th Grandmaster. He has stated his desire to teach and give training to youngsters in China via an . He lives in Beijing.-Career:...
- Peng XiaominPeng XiaominPeng Xiaomin is a Chinese chess grandmaster. In 1997, he became China's 6th Grandmaster. Peng Xiaomin is married to WGM Qin Kanying.-Career:Peng has been a grandmaster since 1997...
- Wang Rui
- Guo Jin
- Wang Doudou
- Zhai Mo
JiangsuJiangsu' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...
蓝珀通信江苏队
- Zhou WeiqiZhou WeiqiZhou Weiqi is a Chinese chess player. He is a close friend and training partner of Bu Xiangzhi. He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk by coming equal first at the 8th Asian Continental Chess Championship ....
- Xu JunXu JunXu Jun is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 1994, he became China's fourth Grandmaster.He was champion of China in 1983 and 1985. 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...
- Lin Chen
- Wu WenjinWu WenjinWu Wenjin is a Chinese chess Grandmaster.In 2000, he became China's 11th Grandmaster.-Career:In October 1999, Wu came joint first with 6 pts at the Qingdao Daily Cup. In November 2003, Wu came joint second at the Chinese Men's Individual Chess Championship in Shan Wei...
- Ruan LufeiRuan LufeiRuan Lufei is a Chinese chess player. She plays for Jiangsu chess club in the China Chess League .-Career:...
- Shen Yang
- Guo Qi
- Dyland Xue (United States)
ShandongShandong' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...
山东玲珑轮胎队
- Bu XiangzhiBu XiangzhiBu Xiangzhi is a Chinese chess grandmaster. In 1999, he became China's 10th Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 10 months, 13 days, at the time the youngest in history. In April 2008, Bu and Ni Hua became the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700 Elo rating line, after Wang Yue...
- Zhao JunZhao JunZhao Jun is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2004, he became China's 19th Grandmaster at the age of 17.Zhao Jun plays for Shandong chess club in the China Chess League . He is ranked 11th in China ....
- Wen YangWen Yang (chess player)Wen Yang is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2008, he became China's 25th Grandmaster at the age of 19.-World Cup:He qualified for and competed in the Chess World Cup 2007 where he reached Round One, where he was defeated 0.5-1.5 by Zoltán Almási...
- Wu Kaiyu
- Hou YifanHou YifanHou Yifan is a Chinese chess prodigy. She is the reigning Women's World Chess Champion, the youngest ever to win the title, as well as the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of Grandmaster.At the age of 12, Hou became the youngest player ever to participate in the FIDE Women's...
- Zhang JilinZhang JilinZhang Jilin is a Chinese chess Woman Grandmaster.Zhang Jilin plays for Shandong chess club in the China Chess League .She also has the titles of FIDE Arbiter and FIDE Trainer.-WGM title:...
- Sun Xinyue
- Vladimir Akopian (Armenia)
Bank of Qingdao 青岛银行队
- Tong YuanmingTong YuanmingTong Yuanming is a Chinese IM-titled chess player. He was National Chess Champion in 1993.Tong Yuanming plays for Bank of Qingdao chess club in the China Chess League .-External links:* - New In Chess. NICBase Online.*FIDE *Chessmetrics...
- Liu Qingnan
- Chen Peng
- Sun Fanghui
- Zhou Min
- Wesley SoWesley SoWesley So is a Filipino chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he achieved the GM title at the age of 14 years, 1 month and 28 days, making him the 8th youngest person to achieve the Grandmaster title in the history of chess. Before becoming a Grandmaster, So had become the youngest Filipino...
(Philippines) - Vera NebolsinaVera NebolsinaVera Nebolsina is a Russian chess player with the title Woman Grandmaster .-Biography:She was raised near Tomsk in western Siberia, but nowadays her family reside in Novosibirsk. Her mother Tatiana taught the infant Nebolsina the basic moves at the age of four and introduced her to other board...
(Russia) - Pentala Harikrishna (India)
- Elena TairovaElena TairovaElena Tairova was a Belaussian and Russian chess player, Woman Grandmaster and International Master.-Chess career:...
(Russia) - Mikhail KobaliaMikhail KobaliaMikhail Kobalia is a Russian chess Grandmaster .In 1994 he won European Youth Chess Championship in Guarapuava. In 2001 was clear first in the Chigorin Memorial at St. Petersburg. In 2005 came first in the Masters Open Tournament in Biel...
(Russia) - Nana DzagnidzeNana DzagnidzeNana Dzagnidze is a chess player from Georgia, who achieved the title of International Grandmaster in 2008.-Youth success:As a junior player, she showed early promise by winning the World Girls Under-12 Championship in 1999...
(Georgia)
Qingdao Yucai 青岛育才中学国际象棋队
- Xiu DeshunXiu DeshunXiu Deshun is a chess Grandmaster player from China. He won the April 2009 Thailand Open Chess Championship in Bangkok.Xiu Deshun plays for Qingdao Yucai chess club in the China Chess League .-External links:...
- Ma Qun
- Wan Yunguo
- Zhang Ziyang
- Gu XiaobingGu XiaobingGu Xiaobing is a Chinese chess Woman Grandmaster.-China Chess League:Gu Xiaobing plays for Qingdao Yucai chess club in the China Chess League .-WGM title :In 2003, she gained the Woman Grandmaster title...
- Gong QianyunGong QianyunGong Qianyun is a Chinese chess player who holds the WIM title.Gong Qianyun plays for Qingdao Yucai chess club in the China Chess League .She won fourth prize at the 2001 Chinese National Championship....
- Liang Zhihua
- Ernesto InarkievErnesto InarkievErnesto Inarkiev is a Russian chess Grandmaster. He was named after Ernesto "Che" Guevara. In 2006 he came third in the 59th Russian Chess Championship Superfinal....
(Russia) - Hoang Thi Bao Tram (Vietnam)
- Peng ZhaoqinPeng ZhaoqinPeng Zhaoqin is a female Chinese chess player, who has resided in the Netherlands since 1996...
(Netherlands)
ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
上海建桥学院国际象棋队
- Ni HuaNi HuaNi Hua is one of China's top chess grandmasters and is the national team captain. In 2003, he became China's 15th Grandmaster at the age of 19. On April 2008, Ni Hua and Bu Xiangzhi both became the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700 Elo rating line, after Wang Yue...
- Zhou JianchaoZhou JianchaoZhou Jianchao is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2006, he became China's 21st Grandmaster at the age of 17. In March 2009, Zhou became for the first time in his career a player in the world...
- Lou Yiping
- Lu Yijie
- Ju WenjunJu WenjunJu Wenjun is a Chinese chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.Ju Wenjun plays for Shanghai chess club in the China Chess League .In December 2004, Ju came joint second in the Asian Women's Chess Championship in Beirut...
- Zhang XiaowenZhang Xiaowen (chess player)Zhang Xiaowen is Chinese chess Woman Grandmaster. She won the Asian Women's Continental Individual Championship which took place in May 2009 in the Philippines. In April 2011 she won the Chinese Women's Chess Championship. Her highest rating is 2422 as of November 2009.-External links:...
- Andrei VolokitinAndrei VolokitinAndriy Volokitin is a Ukrainian chess player and International Grandmaster of Chess.As a junior, he was twice a medallist at the World Youth Chess Championship, taking silver in 1998 at Oropesa del Mar at under-12 level, and bronze at the same venue a year later in the under-14 category...
(Ukraine)
TianjinTianjin' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
天津南开大学国际象棋队
- Wang YueWang YueWang Yue is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. He is China's highest-ever rated player with a peak Elo rating of 2751. In 2004, he became China's 18th Grandmaster at the age of 17....
- Li Haoyu
- Xu Hanbing
- Xu YongXu YongXu Yong was a Chinese professional basketball player. He lastly played for the Shanghai Dongfang Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association. Xu Yong was often considered as one of Chinas major basketball talents, third only to Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian...
- Ning ChunhongNing ChunhongNing Chunhong is a Chinese chess Woman Grandmaster. She was in the Top 50 Women rating list from October 2001 to 2002.She has the title of FIDE Arbiter .Ning plays for Tianjin chess club in the China Chess League .-External links:...
- Anna MuzychukAnna MuzychukAnna Olegivna Muzychuk is a chess player with a FIDE rating of 2528 . She earned the title of Woman Grandmaster in 2004 and the title of International Master in 2007. In 2004 she became a member of the Slovenian chess federation, where she is the strongest female chess player...
(Slovenia) - Batkhuyag MunguntuulBatkhuyag MunguntuulBatkhuyagiin Möngöntuul is a Mongolian chess player. She holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. In May 2010 she finished 7th at the Women's FIDE Grand Prix played in Nalchik.- External links :*...
(Mongolia)
ZhejiangZhejiangZhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...
浙江队
- Ding LirenDing LirenDing Liren is the reigning Chess Champion of China. On 6 June 2009, at the age of 16, he became the youngest ever person to win the national title. In April 2011 he won the Chinese Chess Championship for the second time. In October 2009, he became China's 30th Grandmaster...
- Yu Lie
- Lu ShangleiLu ShangleiLu Shanglei is a Chinese Chess Grandmaster, who is the Number One rated Under-16 chessplayer in Asia and the Number Five rated chessplayer in that age group in the world....
- Jia Haoxiang
- Xu Yuhua
- Ding Yixin
- Wang Xiaohui
- Alexey DreevAlexey DreevAlexey Dreev is a chess grandmaster from Russia. His career peak Elo rating was 2705, attained in October 2003 and again in April 2005.He qualified for the Candidates Tournament in 1991, but lost his Quarter Final match to Viswanathan Anand in Madras .Then in the FIDE World Championship...
(Russia) - Zhu ChenZhu ChenZhu Chen is a chess Grandmaster. In 2001, she became China's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun, and China's 13th Grandmaster.She today plays for Qatar.-Biography:...
(Qatar) - Nikita VitiugovNikita VitiugovNikita Kirillovich Vitiugov is a Russian chess grandmaster .Vitiugov is 2006 World Junior Chess Vice-Champion and participant of the Russian Chess Championship . He was a member of the gold-medal-winning Russian team at the World Team Chess Championship 2009 in Bursa...
(Russia) - Vladimir Malakhov (Russia)
- Vladimir BelovVladimir Belov (chess player)Vladimir Belov is a Russian chess Grandmaster. In 2007 he won the Moscow championship.-External links:* http://study-chess.ru/...
(Russia)
See also
- Chinese Chess AssociationChinese Chess AssociationThe Chinese Chess Association is the governing body of chess in China and is one of the federations of FIDE. It is also a member of the Asian Chess Federation . It is the principal authority over all chess events in China, including the China Chess League...
- Chess in China
Other leagues
- United States Chess LeagueUnited States Chess LeagueThe United States Chess League is the only nation-wide chess league in the United States. It currently has sixteen teams, whose members include some of the highest-rated chess players in the United States...
- Chess BundesligaChess BundesligaThe term Chess Bundesliga , normally refers to the premier league of team chess in Germany. It is arguably the strongest and longest running league of its kind, attracting many top grandmasters from Europe and beyond....
- Germany - 4NCL4NCL4NCL is an acronym, standing for Four Nations Chess League; the four nations being England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The league is however truly international, with players from as many as 27 different countries taking part....
- the British based Four Nations Chess League
External links
- Official site of the China Chess League (Chinese)