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Zhang, Jilin
WGM🇦🇺FIDE 8602867· Female· Australia· Born in 1986
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Jilin Zhang, a 40-year-old Australian Woman Grandmaster, is rated 2162 and ranked 46th among Australian players, and in the top 5% worldwide. She has fluctuated between 2134 and 2184 over the past 2 years. 27 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Ballarat Begonia Open, 2026 Australian Championship, and 2025 CTCA International Chess Open-Open U19GU19U17GU17. She had 4 career breaks: 18 months (2011–2012), 39 months (2012–2016), 23 months (2016–2018) and 26 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). Her peak of 2361 was reached at age 22 (Apr 2008); she also reached Australian #11 in Jan 2009.
Competes for Australia since Aug 2017. Competes as a woman since 2012. Awarded WGM in 2007 (age 21) and WIM in 2005 (age 19). At junior level, she reached World #99 in U16 and #3 and #2 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
2162
Standard
Rpd2246·Blz—
All-time high
2361
−199 pts below
Apr 2008 · age 22
Apr 2008 · age 22
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#46
#46 · Australian players · of 1,854
Career timeline
22 entries2022
500 career games
at age 36
May 2022
2020
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 2245 → returned at 2212
Feb 2020
2017
Switched federation: CHN → AUS
at age 31
Aug 2017
2016
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2267 → returned at 2225
Feb 2016
2012
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 2250 → returned at 2267
Oct 2012
Competes as female
at age 26
Sep 2012
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-22
2184 → 2162
Tournaments
4
27 games
Score
14.5/ 2753.7%
10W9D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/6 | #35 | 2296 | +26.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/10 | #28 | 2007 | -47.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #8 | 2120 | -1.2 |
Knockout | Jul 2025 | 0.5/2 | R128 | 2181 | -0.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsYang ShenIM
🇨🇳CHN·2383
+1 −9 =6
16 games·last met Jul 2012
View head-to-head →
vsXiaobing GuWGM
🇨🇳CHN·2106
+3 −5 =7
15 games·last met Jan 2016
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vsYu A. WangIM
🇨🇳CHN·2163
+2 −3 =10
15 games·last met Sep 2012
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vsZhongyi TanGM
🇨🇳CHN·2517
+0 −8 =6
14 games·last met Jul 2012
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vsWenjun JuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2559
+1 −7 =5
13 games·last met Apr 2012
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Rankings
/
Australia
#46
out of 2,392 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,570
in continent
World
#10,418
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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