The China Chess League (CCL) () is a Chinese professional league for

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s. The league is organized by the Chinese Chess Association. It is sponsored by Youngor Group and was sponsored by the

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(2005–2009) and it has been able to determine the league's sponsorship name. Seasons usually run from April to November each year. The league is contested by 10 clubs. Under the rules of the league each team is allowed to register seven Chinese players and an unlimited quota of foreign players. The rules require five boards with at least two female players and a 25 min+30 sec increment rapid game must also be played on one of the boards. For the 2008 season, the league has attracted 26 GMs, three IMs, and eleven WGMs. This season, ten teams are competing over 18 rounds in six different cities in a six-month period, from March to August.Stars from the Chinese League
ChessBase.com (26.05.2008) For the 2009 season, the league was won by Shanghai, with the top male and female scorers being Wang Hao and Ju Wenjun respectively.

Clubs and players

Ten teams are represented:

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北京爱国者国际象棋队

* Ye Jiangchuan * Li Chao * Yu Yangyi * Zhao Xue * Wang Yu * Arman Pashikian (Armenia)

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Liang Chong Liang Chong (; born January 29, 1980, in Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2004, he became China's 16th Grandmaster. Grandmaster title Chong gained the GM title in July 2004. He achieved his first GM norm at the 3 ...

* Wang Chen * Huang Qian * Tan Zhongyi *

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(Russia) * Zhang Zhong (Singapore)

Hebei 国台酒河北国际象棋队

* Wang Hao * Zhang Pengxiang * Peng Xiaomin * Wang Rui *

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* Zhai Mo

Jiangsu 蓝珀通信江苏队

* Zhou Weiqi *

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* Lin Chen *

Wu Wenjin Wu Wenjin (; born 10 March 1976) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2000, he became China's 11th Grandmaster. Career Wu Wenjin won the Asian Junior Chess Championship in 1996 in Macau. In October 1999, Wu came joint first (with Đào Thiên ...

Ruan Lufei Ruan Lufei (; born October 2, 1987) is a Chinese chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and Women's World Championship runner-up in 2010. Career Ruan's natural talent for the game, hard work, and co-operation with her coach, ...

* Wei Yi * Shen Yang * Guo Qi * Dyland Xue (United States)

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山东玲珑轮胎队

* Bu Xiangzhi * Zhao Jun * Wen Yang *

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* Hou Yifan *

Zhang Jilin Zhang Jilin (; born June 24, 1986) is a Chinese and Australian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2008. Career Zhang Jilin first represented China in the World Yo ...

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(Armenia)

Bank of Qingdao 青岛银行队

* Tong Yuanming *

Liu Qingnan Liu Qingnan (; born May 23, 1992) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. Chess career He played in the Chess World Cup 2013 The Chess World Cup 2013 was a 128-player single-elimination tournament, single-elimination chess tournament, played between ...

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* Wesley So (Philippines) *

Vera Nebolsina Vera Nebolsina (russian: Вера Неболсина; born 16 December 1989 in Seversk) is a Russian professional chess player. She earned the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) at age 17 in 2007. Early life Nebolsina was born in Seversk near Tomsk ...

(Russia) * Pentala Harikrishna (India) * Elena Tairova (Russia) *

Mikhail Kobalia Mikhail Robertovich Kobalia (; born May 3, 1978) is a Russian chess Grandmaster (1997). Together with 43 other Russian elite chess players, Kobalia signed an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, protesting against the 2022 Russian in ...

(Russia) * Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia)

Qingdao Yucai 青岛育才中学国际象棋队

* Xiu Deshun *

Ma Qun Ma Qun (, born November 9, 1991) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2013. Ma played for the gold medal-winning Chinese team in the Asian Nations Cup 2014 in Tabriz, Iran and also earned the i ...

Wan Yunguo Wan Yunguo () is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. Chess career He played in the Chess World Cup 2013, but was defeated by Michael Adams in the first round. He got a win against 9th seeded Adhiban Baskaran in the 9th Asian Continental. He was Inter ...

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Gu Xiaobing Gu Xiaobing (; born July 12, 1985) is a chess player from China. She was awarded by FIDE the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2003. Gu competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2001 and 2012. She was in the FIDE Top 20 Girls rating ...

Gong Qianyun Gong Qianyun (; born 11 March 1985) is a Singaporean chess player and holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Chess career Since Gong was seven year old, she started training in a chess academy in Guangdong, China. 2001 to 2009 Gong fi ...

* Liang Zhihua * Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia) * Hoang Thi Bao Tram (Vietnam) * Peng Zhaoqin (Netherlands)

Shanghai 上海建桥学院国际象棋队

* Ni Hua * Zhou Jianchao *

Lou Yiping Lou Yiping is a Chinese chess International Master. Chess career He played in the Chess World Cup 2013 The Chess World Cup 2013 was a 128-player single-elimination tournament, single-elimination chess tournament, played between 11 August and 2 ...

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* Ju Wenjun * Zhang Xiaowen * Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine)

Tianjin 天津南开大学国际象棋队

Wang Yue Wang Yue may refer to: *Wang Yue (chess player) (born 1987) * Wang Yue (biathlete) (born 1991), able-bodied biathlete * Wang Yue (judoka) (born 1997) * Wang Yue (skier) (born 1999), Paralympic skier and biathlete *Death of Wang Yue Wang Yue () ...

* Li Haoyu *

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* Xu Yong *

Ning Chunhong Ning Chunhong (; born January 21, 1968) is a Chinese chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She was in the Top 50 Women rating list from October 2001 to 2002. In 1992 she won the women's section of the World University Che ...

* Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) * Batkhuyag Munguntuul (Mongolia)

Zhejiang 浙江队

* Ding Liren * Yu Lie *

Lu Shanglei Lu Shanglei (; born 10 July 1995) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and 2014 World Junior Chess Champion. Career In 2010, Lu played on the Chinese team (alongside Yu Yangyi, Wang Chen, and Wang Jue) that won the 5th Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup, a j ...

* Jia Haoxiang *

Xu Yuhua Xu Yuhua (born 29 October 1976) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster and former Women's World Chess Championship, Women's World Champion (2006–2008). She was China's third women's world chess champion after Xie Jun and Zhu Che ...

* Ding Yixin *

Wang Xiaohui Wang Xiaohui (; born August 1962) is a Chinese politician who is the current party secretary of Sichuan, in office since April 2022. Previously he served as director of the National Film Administration and deputy head of the Propaganda Departme ...

* Alexey Dreev (Russia) * Zhu Chen (Qatar) * Nikita Vitiugov (Russia) * Vladimir Malakhov (Russia) * Vladimir Belov (Russia)

References

External links

Official site of the China Chess League
(Chinese)

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