Qiyu "Nemo" Zhou is a Chinese-born Canadian chess player. In 2016 she qualified for the Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She regularly streams on Twitch, launching the channel "akaNemsko" in June 2020.
In 2021, she competed at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), making her live tournament debut in the WSOP $1,000 Ladies Championship.
"Playing competitive chess brings you literally zero financial anything,"Nemo told the PokerGO Tour. "So there is absolutely no way I could have a career through playing pure chess.
"I’m like currently going through my midlife or quarter-life crisis. I’m just so uncertain of what I want to kind of do."
In December 2022, she was embroiled in controversy after winning a $12,000 package to the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. In the ensuing giveaway, the prize was won by her boyfriend, leading many to cry foul.
Zhou is a regular on the Celebrity Poker Tour and even won the first-ever CPT Invitational in Las Vegas for $20,000 in August 2023.
A year later, Zhou came within inches of winning a second CPT Invitational final as she finished runner-up to Vegas Matt in the IV edition in August 2024 for $10,000.
She has also appeared in adverts for WPT Global.
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