Jilin Zhang (;中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库 born 24 June 1986) is a Chinese and Australian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2008.
Career Jilin Zhang first represented China in the World Youth Chess Festival in Menorca in 1996.Crowther, Mark (1996-10-28). The Week in Chess 103. The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2017-10-24. She played then three times subsequently at the World Girls U-20 Championship in 2004, 2005 and 2006, finishing in the top ten on all three occasions.
In June 2007, she qualified for the Woman Grandmaster title. She earned the required norms at:
2002 China Women's Team Championship in Beihai, China (5–17 February); score 7/9 2006 World Junior Chess Championship (Girls) in Yerevan, Armenia (3–16 October 2006); score 7/11 3rd Singapore Masters International Open in Singapore (26–30 December 2006); score 5/9
In 2008 Zhang qualified from the Chinese Zonal tournament to play in the Women's World Chess Championship in Nalchik, Russia. She was knocked out in the first round by Inna Gaponenko.
In the China Chess League, Zhang played for the Shandong team, which won the gold medal in 2007 and 2010.
She was awarded the International Arbiter title in 2010. Zhang moved with her family to Sydney in 2016 and in August 2017, Zhang switched her national federation from China to Australia.
In 2018 Zhang was selected to play for the Australian team at the Batumi Chess Olympiad on third board.
References
External links
Jilin Zhang chess gales at 365Chess.com
Zhang Jilin team chess record at Olimpbase.org Zhang Jilin's official website (in Chinese) Title Application for International Arbiter (IA)