Liran Zhou

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Liran Zhou
Country United States
Born (2008-04-22) April 22, 2008 (age 16)
New York City, U.S.
Title International Master (2023)
Peak rating 2409 (August 2022)

Liran Zhou is an American chess player.  

Chess career

In August 2017, Zhou broke Christopher Yoo's record for being the youngest American national master after defeating Lawyer Times in the Continental Open and crossing 2200 in USCF ratings. He was 9 years, 3 months, and 22 days old, while Yoo had achieved the master title at 9 years and 11 months. [1]

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In September 2017, Zhou was the U10 World Youth Champion, finishing one point ahead of fellow American player Arthur Xu. [2] [3]

In January 2018, he won the Elementary section of the Greater NY Scholastics Championship, winning all of his games. [4]

In September 2019, Zhou became the U12 World Youth Champion, finishing half a point ahead of runner-up Chen Yuan. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Hater, David (August 21, 2017). "Nine-Year-Old Liran Zhou Breaks Record for Youngest Master at the Continental Open".
  2. ↑ Friedman, Aviv (September 12, 2017). "US Youth Team Breaks Medal Record In Brazil!".
  3. ↑ Zaveri, Praful (September 13, 2017). "World Cadets 2017: Indians so near yet so far".
  4. ↑ Sun, Vanessa (January 20, 2018). "Vanessa Sun on the Greater NY Scholastics".
  5. ↑ "Artem Lebedev, Savva Vetokhin and Galina Mikheeva Become World Youth Champions". September 1, 2019.
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