Zhao Zong-Yuan
- January 4, 2024
- Chess Player
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Zhao Zong-Yuan |
| Occupation | Chess Player |
| Date Of Birth | Jun 26, 1986(1986-06-26) |
| Age | 38 |
| Birthplace | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Horoscope | Gemini |
Zhao Zong-Yuan Biography
| Name | Zhao Zong-Yuan |
| Birthday | Jun 26 |
| Birth Year | 1986 |
| Place Of Birth | Beijing |
| Birth Country | China |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
Zhao Zong-Yuan is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on June 26, 1986 in Beijing, China. An Australian-born Chinese chess player who rose to the top of the rankings.
In major tournament competitions, he has met He has faced chess star Magnus Carlsen in major tournament competition. , a chess star .
Zhao won the 1999 Queensland Under-18 Championship with a score of 8/8 and then finished just half a point behind Darryl Johansen in the Australian Championship proper, ending with a remarkable 4/4 burst. In 2000, he finished second to Aleksandar Wohl in the Oceania Zonal and in 2001 won the Australian Junior Championship. He played in the 2001 British Championship and scored 6/11. In 2004 he won the Doeberl Cup with 6/7 ahead of Ian Rogers, David Smerdon, Johansen and Gary Lane. In 2005 he won the Australian Junior Masters with a 9/9 score. He has represented his country in three Olympiads and in 2006 was on board three.
Zhao achieved all three of the required grandmaster (GM) norms over two months in December 2007 and January 2008. Zhao scored 7/9 earning his first GM norm in the First Saturday chess tournament (1–10 December 2007) in Budapest, Hungary. Zhao earned his second GM norm by convincingly winning with 6.5 points the VII Festival Internacional de Ajedrez GEMA tournament (10th category round-robin) which was held from 26 December 2007 until 5 January 2008 in Mondariz Balneario (Pontevedra), Spain. In his third attempt, which was unsuccessful, Zhao played in the 33rd Seville Open/XXXIII Abierto Internacional “Ciudad de Sevilla” (5–12 January 2008) Sevilla, Spain finishing with 6.5/9 points (=10th place). In 22–31 January 2008 he managed to achieve his final GM norm at the 2008 Gibtelecom Chess Festival in Gibraltar. By also achieving a rating over 2500 he thus qualified for the title of Grandmaster. Zhao is Australia’s third grandmaster, after Ian Rogers and Darryl Johansen.
When he was just a child, his family immigrated from China and settled in Australia.
Zhao Zong-Yuan Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Chess Player |
| House | Living in own house. |
Zhao Zong-Yuan is one of the richest Chess Player from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Zhao Zong-Yuan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
At the age of 14, he became the youngest Australian International Master.
In 2007, he won the Australian Open.
Zhao Zong-Yuan (simplified Chinese: 赵宗辕 ; traditional Chinese: 趙宗轅 ; pinyin: Zhào Zōngyuán ; born 26 June 1986) is an Australian chess Grandmaster. As of September 2019, he was the third-ranked active chess player in Australia.
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Zhao Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Zhao Zong-Yuan celebrates birthday on June 26 of every year.