Zhu Chen

Zhu Chen

Infobox chess player
playername = Zhu Chen


caption =
birthname = Zhu Chen
country = CHN, QAT
datebirth = birth date and age|1976|3|16
placebirth = Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion = 2001 - 2004
rating = 2496
peakrating = 2548 (January 2008)

Zhu Chen (zh-stp|s=诸宸|t=諸宸|p=Zhū Chén) (born March 16 1976 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang) is a chess Grandmaster, who in 2001, became China's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun.

In 2001, she became China's 12th Grandmaster.

She today plays for Qatar.

Biography

In 1988 Zhu became the first Chinese player to win an international chess competition when she won the World Girls Under 12 Championship in Romania.

She won the World Junior Girls Chess Championship in 1994 and 1996.

At the age of 25 she defeated Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia in a tournament for the 2001/2002 Women's World Chess Championship, by 5-3, becoming the eleventh champion. She won the World Junior Girls Chess Championship in 1994 and 1996.

Zhu gave up the chance to defend her world title in Georgia in May 2004 due to a jammed schedule and her pregnancy. [ [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-06/13/content_1522612.htm :: Xinhuanet - English :: ] ]

In June 2004, Zhu played two games against the chess computer "Star of Unisplendour", which was an advanced AMD 64 bit 3400+ CPU and 2 GB RAM combined with the chess engine Fritz 8. She lost both games. [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1703 Chess Queen vs Unisplendour Fritz] ] [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1711 Women in Red goes down to the Computer] ]

Zhu is married to Qatari Grandmaster Mohamad Al-Modiahki, and now represents Qatar. [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3129 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Olympiad R3: Kramnik, Anand play and win ] ] She also studied for a master's degree at Tsinghua University. [ [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-04/30/content_327719.htm Chess queen to play computer "Star of Unisplendour" ] ]

ee also

*Chess in China

References

External links

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*chessgames player|id=10837


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