Xu Jun

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.

For the Chinese footballer, see Xu Jun (footballer).
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Xu.
Xu Jun
CountryChina
Born (1962-09-17) September 17, 1962
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
TitleGrandmaster (1994)
FIDE rating2477 (June 2020)
Peak rating2668 (July 2000)

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

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

References
  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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2011-10-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Preceded by
Liu Wenzhe		 Men's Chinese Chess Champion
1983		 Succeeded by
Ye Jiangchuan
Preceded by
Ye Jiangchuan		 Men's Chinese Chess Champion
1985		 Succeeded by
Ye Jiangchuan


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