Zhai Mo (; born March 27, 1996, in

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) is a Chinese

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player. She was awarded the title

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(WGM) by

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in 2016. Zhai competed in the

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and

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. She won the Girls Under 12 event of the

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s in 2008. Zhai won the Women's

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in 2018. Also in 2018, she was part of the Chinese team that took the gold medal in the women's section of the Asian Nations Cup and in the

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.43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women - Team Composition with round results
''chess-results.com''.

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* * 1996 births Living people Chess Woman Grandmasters Chinese female chess players World Youth Chess Champions Chess players from Hebei Chess Olympiad competitors Chess players at the 2022 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese chess players Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games gold medalists in chess Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for China {{PRChina-chess-bio-stub