- Xu Yuanyuan
Infobox Chess player
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birthname = Xu Yuanyuan
country = CHN
datebirth = birth date and age|1981|3|8 [ [http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=8601089 Rating data for player Xu, Yuanyuan, (CHN)] ]
placebirth =China
datedeath =
placedeath =
title =Woman Grandmaster (WGM)
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating = 2322
peakrating = 2437 (January 2001)Xu Yuanyuan ( _zh. 许婳婳; [ [http://chesspawn.net/xml/xm6-3.htm ´´ÐÂÂÛ̳ ] ] born
March 8 ,1981 ) [ [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 Chinese WGM-titledchess player.Chess career
In October 1997 Xu won the World U16 Girls Chess Championship in
Yerevan , and in 2000, also in Yerevan, she won by a large margin (with a score of 11/13 -- she began with seven consecutive wins until a loss in the 8th round but continued after that quite strongly) the World Junior Girls U-20 Championship.In July 11-21, 2003, Xu won the China Women's National Chess Championship (FIDE Zone 3.3 qualifier) held in
Yongchuan District ,Chongqing , with a final score of 6.5/9. [ [http://www.chessclub.com/finger/ChinaWomen2003 Look Up (Finger) Player ChinaWomen2003] ] [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic455.html THE WEEK IN CHESS 455 28th July 2003 by Mark Crowther] ] [ [http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourarc.phtml?codt=9&field1=8601089 FIDE Period: October 2003] Xu, Yuanyuan] In November 2003, Xu won the Chinese Women's Individual Chess Championship inShan Wei with a final score of 8.5/11. [ [http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourarc.phtml?field1=8601089&codt=10 FIDE Period: January 2004] Xu, Yuanyuan] In April-May 2004, she came joint third in the Chinese Women's Team Chess Championship inJinan City . [ [http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourarc.phtml?codt=12&field1=8601089 FIDE Period: July 2004] Xu, Yuanyuan]She used to be the No. 1 ranked girl chess player in the world on the January 2001 Top 20 Girls FIDE rating list. [ [http://www.fide.com/ratings/toparc.phtml?cod=12 FIDE Archive: Top 20 Girls January 2001] ] Her highest position on the Top 50 Women FIDE rating list was 25th (also on January 2001). [ [http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=8601089 FIDE World Top Chess Player: Xu Yuanyuan] ]
Xu Yuanyuan is an official representative of
Aigo . "Aigo Chess " is achess variant created in 2004 by the president of the company. [ [http://www.chessvariants.org/other.dir/aigo-chess.html AIGO chess] ] The idea consisted of introducing a piece fromChinese chess called "cannon" into thechess game. [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2759 Almira Skripchenko – cannons on the chessboard] ]Opening repertoire
Xu Yuanyuan usually opens with white with 1. d4, and replies to it as black with the Slav. With black against 1. e4 she usually plays the
Caro-Kann Defence .ee also
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Chess in China References
External links
*fide|id=8601089|name=Xu, Yuanyuan
** FIDE Rating [http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=8601089 World Top Lists] for Xu Yuanyuan
*chessgames player|id=51568|name=Xu, Yuanyuan
*Chessmetrics [http://db.chessmetrics.com/PL/PL44656.htm Career ratings for: Xu Yuanyuan]
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