Zhang Pengxiang
Number of games in database: 268
Years covered: 1996 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2570
Highest rating achieved in database: 2649
Overall record: +88 -63 =100 (55.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      17 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (54)      B54 B40 B33 B91 B31  Scotch Game (11)      C45  Queen's Pawn Game (10)      A45 D01  Caro-Kann (9)      B12 B13  Sicilian Najdorf (8)      B91 B90  Slav (7)      D14 D10 D13	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (34)      B30 B32 B40 B45 B29  Slav (30)      D11 D15 D10 D16 D13  French Defense (27)      C18 C04 C05 C17 C06  French Tarrasch (13)      C04 C05 C06 C03  French Winawer (9)      C18 C17  Sicilian Taimanov (7)      B45 B48 B47

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Karpov vs Zhang Pengxiang, 2001 0-1
   Zhang Pengxiang vs Karpov, 2001 1/2-1/2
   Zhang Pengxiang vs Karpov, 2001 1-0
   Zhang Pengxiang vs S Sale, 2005 1/2-1/2
   Zhang Pengxiang vs Seirawan, 2003 1-0
   Zhang Pengxiang vs W So, 2007 1-0
   Rublevsky vs Zhang Pengxiang, 2001 0-1
   Zhang Pengxiang vs Karjakin, 2007 1/2-1/2
   Zhang Pengxiang vs Chen Xueshen, 2005 1-0
   Karpov vs Zhang Pengxiang, 2001 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup (2005)
   World Team Championship (2005)
   37th Chess Olympiad (2006)
   European Club Cup (2007)
   Russia vs China Match (2007)
   Asian Individual Championship (2007)
   UK vs China Match (2007)
   Ruy Lopez Chess Festival (2008)
   Euro Club Cup (2008)

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ZHANG PENGXIANG (born Jun-29-1980) China [what is this?] Zhang Pengxiang, born in Tianjin, is a Chinese grandmaster well known for defeating Anatoli Karpov in a four game match at the 2001 FIDE World Championships in Moscow. (To see this match, search "Pengxiang vs Karpov 2001".) Wikipedia article: Zhang Pengxiang

page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 268  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Zhang Pengxiang vs Smirin   0-1 53 1996 Lee Cup 3rd B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 2. Zhang Pengxiang vs Wenliang   ½-½ 39 1999 Budapest B02 Alekhine's Defense 3. Zhang Pengxiang vs Aronian 1-0 42 1999 Wch U20 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Kasimdzhanov vs Zhang Pengxiang   1-0 63 1999 Wch U20 A52 Budapest Gambit 5. Tkachiev vs Zhang Pengxiang   1-0 73 2000 Cap d'Agde-A A36 English 6. Zhang Pengxiang vs A Simutowe   1-0 62 2000 World Junior B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 7. M Senff vs Zhang Pengxiang   ½-½ 38 2000 World Junior C18 French, Winawer 8. Zhang Pengxiang vs J Benjamin 0-1 22 2000 Cap d'Agde-A A45 Queen's Pawn Game 9. Zhang Pengxiang vs O Wegener   1-0 34 2000 World Junior B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 10. M Al Sayed vs Zhang Pengxiang   0-1 46 2000 World Junior C17 French, Winawer, Advance 11. Bacrot vs Zhang Pengxiang ½-½ 79 2000 Cap d'Agde-A A43 Old Benoni 12. Zhang Pengxiang vs G Mateuta   1-0 30 2000 World Junior B06 Robatsch 13. H Hamdouchi vs Zhang Pengxiang   1-0 57 2000 Cap d'Agde-A C06 French, Tarrasch 14. Zhang Pengxiang vs Bologan 1-0 32 2000 Cap d'Agde-A B06 Robatsch 15. Akobian vs Zhang Pengxiang   1-0 47 2000 World Junior A65 Benoni, 6.e4 16. Jobava vs Zhang Pengxiang 1-0 43 2000 Wch U20 D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. S Fedorchuk vs Zhang Pengxiang   ½-½ 62 2000 World Junior C06 French, Tarrasch 18. P Tregubov vs Zhang Pengxiang   0-1 55 2000 Cap d'Agde-A A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 19. Zhang Pengxiang vs K Haznedaroglu   1-0 31 2000 World Junior B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 20. Zhang Pengxiang vs E Berg   0-1 40 2000 World Junior C00 French Defense 21. Zhang Pengxiang vs Karpov   0-1 73 2000 Cap d'Agde-A C42 Petrov Defense 22. Z Izoria vs Zhang Pengxiang   1-0 40 2000 World Junior A65 Benoni, 6.e4 23. Zhang Pengxiang vs G Sargissian   ½-½ 46 2000 Wch U20 B12 Caro-Kann Defense 24. D Bunzmann vs Zhang Pengxiang   ½-½ 41 2000 World Junior E10 Queen's Pawn Game 25. Zhang Pengxiang vs Liang Jinrong   0-1 49 2001 Zhong Hong Real Estate Cup B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 268    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Zhang Pengxiang wins | Zhang Pengxiang loses

Jun-29-06    BIDMONFA: Zhang Pengxiang ZHANG, Pengxiang http://www.bidmonfa.com/zhang_pengx... _ Apr-14-07    bauernfresser: He is China's new Number 1 in the April 2007 rating list. Jul-16-07    trapdor: This guy falls to No. 4 in China iin the July 2007 list. Apr-04-08    socnegoti: Now, one year later he drops to no. 5. Lol Apr-08-08    playerXchess: Michael Adams 2729 - Zhang Pengxiang 2640 Ruy Lopez Memorial (4) 08.04.2008 LIVE. click for larger view Black to move Apr-08-08    playerXchess: above game: draw agreed after 19... Qb4. Apr-11-08    memento mori: 2nd Ruy Lopez Festival TPR = 2772 (+132) Rating points gained: +12.4 Apr-14-08    swordfish: Really strong effort at Ruy Lopez. Zhang won four games in seven rounds. May-05-09    Vasilyev90: Zhang beat prodigy GM Wesley So recently in a Chinese tournament handling the Black pieces.This raises his score to a +2 against Wesley.Zhang still has the strong effort despite inactivity lately. Jun-29-10    wordfunph: <bauernfresser: He is China's new Number 1 in the April 2007 rating list.> 30 year old GM Pengxiang slid to #7 with 2603.. i got an autograph of him during one of his Philippine tourneys, happy birthday Zhang! Nov-01-10    Whitehat1963: Pengxiang seems to be a really strong endgame player, at least as far as I can tell. Nov-27-11    wordfunph: anecdote from Bobby Ang's Inside Philippine Chess.. <Zhang Pengxiang-Irzhanov 1999 Shenyang Asian Team Championship: After the 40th move, Zhang's right eye was observed to be very red and teary. It seemed that in mutual panic time as rooks, pawns, knights and bishops were darting all over the board, one of the pieces had struck his eye. The Arbiter offered to suspend the game to consult a doctor, but Zhang wouldhave none of it. He stood up, waved aside the eye drops that his teammates were offering him, took out his handkerchief, covered his right eye, and continued the game one-eyed."> no guts, no glory :) Jun-29-13    Tomlinsky: Our esteemed Player of the Day was involved in a truly spectacular game of our times. Unfortunately on the losing side... V Zvjaginsev vs Zhang Pengxiang, 2006

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