Qiyu Zhou

Qiyu Zhou

Qiyu Zhou at the 2014 World Youth Chess Championships in Durban, South Africa
Country Finland
Canada
Born (2000-01-06) January 6, 2000[1]
Jingzhou, China[1]
Title FIDE Master (2016)
Woman International Master (2015)
FIDE rating 2312

Qiyu Zhou (born 6 January 2000) is a Canadian chess player who holds the titles of FIDE Master (FM) and Woman International Master (WIM). In September 2016 she qualified for the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title.

She won the gold medal in the U-14 girls section at the 2014 World Youth Chess Championship.[2] In 2016 Zhou won the Canadian women's championship.[3] She has competed for Canada at the Women's Chess Olympiad since 2014.

Chess career

Early chess years in France

When Qiyu was four, she went to a chess club in Antibes, France. She won third place at the Nice Youth Chess Championships (U-8) in April, 2004. After another month, she won third place at Hyères, in the Southern French Youth Chess Championships in May, 2004. In late 2004, she moved to Finland.

Finnish Youth Chess Championships

Qiyu Zhou has won the Finnish Youth Chess Championships 5 times (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010) in the U10- Open sections.

Nordic School Chess Championships

Qiyu Zhou has played the Nordic School Chess championships 6 times (in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) in the U-11 sections. Qiyu won the 2010 Nordic School Chess Championship in the U-11 Open, held in Sweden.

Canadian Youth Chess Championships

Qiyu Zhou has played the Canadian Youth Chess championships 4 times (in the years 2011,2012,2013,2014) in the U-12 and U-14 sections. Qiyu won the 2012 and 2013 Canadian Youth Chess Championship in the Girl U-12 (Surrey) and Girl U-14 (Ottawa), Canada.

Canadian Chess Challenge

Qiyu Zhou has played the Canadian Chess Challenge 2 times (in the years 2013, 2014) in the G-7 and G-8 sections. Qiyu won the 2013 and 2014 Canadian Chess Challenge in the G-7 and G-8 sections, held in Ottawa,2013 and Winnipeg, 2014.

North American Junior Chess Championships

Representing Canada, Qiyu came second in 2013 in the U-14 Girls’ category in Toronto, Canada, second in 2014 in the U-18 Girls’ category in Tarrytown, USA, and first in 2015 in the U-18 Girls’ category in Toluca, Mexico.[4]

World Youth Chess Championships

Qiyu Zhou has played 9 World Youth Chess Championships in total. She has represented Finland at the World Youth Chess Championships 6 times (2005 in Belfort, France; 2007 in Antalya, Turkey; 2008 in Vũng Tàu, Vietnam; 2009 in Antalya, Turkey; 2010 in Porto Carras, Greece. She also represented Canada after switching federations in late 2010, by playing in Caldas Novas, Brazil (2011), Maribor, Slovenia (2012), Al-Ain, UAE (2013) and in Durban, South Africa (2014). Her most notable achievements at the WYCC were a silver medal in 2008 while representing Finland and a gold medal in 2014 while representing Canada.

World Chess Olympiad

Qiyu Zhou represented Canada at the 41st Chess Olympiad in 2014, in Tromsø, Norway. She scored 6.5/9 playing on the fourth board in the women's event.

World U-16 Olympiad

Qiyu Zhou has represented Canada at the Hungary World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad (2014), playing on the fourth board as well. The team finished 5th place.

Beyond Chess

Apart from chess, Qiyu has also been interviewed by Finnish TV and Kaleva, and in Canada by New Tang Dynasty (NTD) and ctvnews . She has also appeared as a chess player in an unaired "The Mystery of Games" (airing in TVOKids, at 6:30pm,Feb. 18, 2016).

References

  1. 1 2 FIDE title application (PDF)
  2. ↑ "Interlingua, singule lingua commun pro cosas practic in Europa". www.interlingua.fi. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  3. ↑ "Qiyu Zhou wins Canadian Women's Championship". Susan Polgar Global Chess Daily News and Information. 2016-09-30. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  4. ↑ 2015 North American U18g
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