Zhu Jiner at the Global Chess League

FIDE title

Grandmaster

Federation

China

2026 team

Triveni Continental Kings

2026 board

Superstar, women's boards

Seasons

2025, 2026

FIDE id

8608059

She joined the Triveni Continental Kings for the 2025 season on a women's Superstar board and reached the final in her first season. The Kings kept her for 2026.

In the 2026 season Zhu Jiner plays for the Triveni Continental Kings on one of the two Superstar women's boards. The season runs from 5 to 13 September 2026 in Bengaluru, India.

Global Chess League record

In 2025 Zhu Jiner scored four wins, five draws and one loss in the league stage in Mumbai, where the Kings finished first with 24 match points. In the final the Kings lost to the Alpine SG Pipers 2-4 and 1.5-4.5.

1. 1.2025: Triveni Continental Kings, Superstar (women's boards). Team result: runners-up. Four wins, five draws and one loss in the league stage.

Career highlights

1. 1.Won the 2024-25 FIDE Women's Grand Prix series and with it a place in the 2026 Women's Candidates Tournament.
2. 2.Won the individual gold medal on board one at the 2024 Chess Olympiad in Budapest.
3. 3.Earned the full grandmaster title in 2023.
4. 4.Reached the Global Chess League final in her debut season, 2025, with the Triveni Continental Kings.
5. 5.On the September 2026 FIDE rating list, Zhu Jiner is rated 2550 in classical chess, 2465 in rapid and 2415 in blitz.

2026 season

Zhu Jiner plays the 2026 season with the Triveni Continental Kings, which runs from 5 to 13 September 2026 in Bengaluru, India. Zhu Jiner's squad mates are Alireza Firouzja, Wei Yi, Aravindh Chithambaram, Alexandra Kosteniuk and Pranav Venkatesh.

Each Global Chess League match is played on six boards of rapid chess, one board per squad member, and a win with Black earns the team more game points than a win with White. The format and scoring page explains the points. Matches are streamed free; the how-to-watch page lists the streams and the IST start times.

• —Matches played: 4
• —Match points: 3
• —Game points: 34
• —Position: 6 of 6

1. 1.Saturday 5 September, 17:00 IST: Ganges Grandmasters 10–9 Triveni Continental Kings
2. 2.Saturday 5 September, 20:00 IST: Triveni Continental Kings 5–14 FYERS American Gambits
3. 3.Sunday 6 September, 20:00 IST: CheQ Mumba Masters 10–9 Triveni Continental Kings
4. 4.Monday 7 September, 20:00 IST: Triveni Continental Kings 11–6 PBG Alaskan Knights

Results were last checked on 7 September 2026 at 8:44 PM IST.

The 2026 final is scheduled for Sunday 13 September 2026 in Bengaluru, India. The champion appears here after the final.

2026 games

Zhu Jiner has 4 finished games in the 2026 season: 0 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses, 1 team point earned.

1. 1.Saturday 5 September, 17:00 IST: board 4, Black against Shuvalova, Polina (Ganges Grandmasters), loss.
2. 2.Saturday 5 September, 20:00 IST: board 4, White against Assaubayeva, Bibisara (FYERS American Gambits), draw.
3. 3.Sunday 6 September, 20:00 IST: board 4, Black against Dronavalli, Harika (CheQ Mumba Masters), loss.
4. 4.Monday 7 September, 20:00 IST: board 4, White against Lagno, Kateryna (PBG Alaskan Knights), loss.

Frequently asked questions

More on the league: the Global Chess League 2026 hub, the schedule, the points table and the league overview with every season since 2023.