Princeton Junction to Paris: Michael Zhao & Longines By Peter Bodo – Sunday, June 5, 2011 PARIS—Writing has never been the strong suit of Michael Zhao, a sixth-grader from Princeton Junction, N.J. He pulls excellent grades in math and...
GM norms for Cmilyte, Zhao and Bellin
This is not official news yet but according to my calculation, IM Viktorija Cmilyte, IM Zong-Yuan Zhao and IM Robert Bellin earned GM norms in Gibraltar. One of the bloggers here said that it is Zhao’s 3rd and final...
Superb endgame by Magnus Carlsen
Picture courtesy of ChessBase IM Zhao (2491) – GM Carlsen (2714) [E12]24.11.2007World Cup 2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 0–0 8.Bd3 c5 9.0–0 cxd4 10.exd4 d5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Re1...