Ma Qun

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Ma.
Ma Qun
Country China
Born (1991-11-09) November 9, 1991 (age 30)
Shandong[1]
TitleGrandmaster (2013)
FIDE rating2645 (March 2022)
Peak rating2645 (April 2018)

Ma Qun (Chinese: 马群; pinyin: Mǎ Qún, born November 9, 1991) is a Chinese chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2013.[2] Ma played for the gold medal-winning Chinese team in the Asian Nations Cup 2014 in Tabriz, Iran[3] and also earned the individual gold medal on board 4 thanks to a score of 7/7 points, namely winning all seven games he played.[4][5]

Ma Qun tied for first place at the 89th Hastings International Chess Congress in January 2014 with Mikheil Mchedlishvili (the eventual winner on tiebreak score), Igor Khenkin, Mark Hebden, Jahongir Vakhidov, , and , placing third on countback.[6][7]

In 2015 he won the silver medal at the 1st Asian University Chess Championship in Beijing.[8]

In January 2016, he shared second place with Ju Wenjun and Nigel Short in the New Zealand Open, which took place in Devonport, New Zealand.[9] Later in the same year, Ma won the International Open of Sants, Hostafrancs and La Bordeta in Barcelona, after playoffs.[10][11]

In 2019, he won the Chinese Rapid Championship.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ GM title application. FIDE.
  2. ^ Titles approved by the 1st quarter FIDE PB 2013 Archived 2020-08-03 at the Wayback Machine. FIDE.
  3. ^ Silver, Albert (2014-05-31). "Asian Cup: China takes gold, India is silver". ChessBase. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Board Medals". Asian Nations Cup 2014. Iranian Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  5. ^ Men's Asian Team Chess Championship: Ma Qun. OlimpBase
  6. ^ Silver, Albert (6 January 2014). "Hastings Chess Congress ends in seven-way tie". ChessBase. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  7. ^ Doggers, Peter (8 January 2014). "7-Way Tie at 89th Hastings Chess Congress". Chess.com. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  8. ^ Liang, Ziming (2015-10-25). "Megaranto and Ni Shiqun dominate Asian University Ch". ChessBase.
  9. ^ Daulyte, Deimante (2016-01-15). "Gawain Jones is new New Zealand Champion". ChessBase.
  10. ^ "Triunfo chino en el Open Internacional de Sants". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  11. ^ Schneider, Fabio (2016-08-30). "Ma Qun, campeón del Abierto de Sants" (in Spanish). ChessBase. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  12. ^ "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.

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