- Peng Xiaomin
Infobox Chess player
|playername = Peng Xiaomin
|birthname = Peng Xiaomin
country = CHN
datebirth = birth date and age|1973|4|8
placebirth =China
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster (GM)
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating = 2590
peakrating = 2657 (July 2000)Peng Xiaomin ( _zh. 彭小民; born
April 8 ,1973 ) [ [http://www.chessinchina.net/html/CHNrating05.8.htm 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库 ] ] is a Chinesechess grandmaster.In 1997, he became China's 6th Grandmaster.
Career
Peng has been a grandmaster since 1997. In 1998, he became the Chinese National Chess Champion.
He played for the China national Olympiad team for 1994-2000. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/players/ztpr5z5c.html Men's national team career for Peng Xiaomin] ]
Peng competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2000 in
New Delhi , where he reached the third round having been beaten byPeter Svidler 2.5-1.5.Peng was a World Top 100 Chess Player according the
FIDE ratings [ [http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=8600511 Peng, Xiaomin CHN FIDE World Top Chess Player ] ] from July 2000 to October 2002, while also at the same time was the third ranked Chinese player.Although today he is still officially in the Top 10 in China, he has limited his activities to playing for and coaching his club team in the domestic Chinese chess league.
ee also
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Chess in China References
External links
*fide|id=8600511|name=Peng Xiaomin
*chessgames player|id=10835|name=Peng Xiaomin
* [http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=8600511 Rating data for player Peng, Xiaomin, (CHN)]
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