Li Ruofan

Infobox chess player


playername = Li Ruofan
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birthname = Li Ruofan
country = SIN
datebirth = birth date and age|1978|4|30 [ [http://www.chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=8600643 Rating data for player Li, Ruofan, (CHN)] ]
placebirth = Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
datedeath =
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title = Woman Grandmaster (WGM)
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating = 2425
peakrating = 2433 (January 2003)

Li Ruofan (Chinese: 李若凡; born April 30, 1978 [ [http://www.chessinchina.net/html/CHNrating05.8.htm 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库 ] ] in Suzhou, Jiangsu) is a Chinese WGM-titled chess player. She is currently the 47th ranked female chess player in the world, having reached a peak of 25th position on the January 2003 list. [ [http://ratings.fide.com/top_files.phtml?id=8600643 Li, Ruofan SIN FIDE World Top Chess Player] ]

Notable title victories include the 2001 Asian Women's Chess Championship in Chennai [ [http://www.rediff.com/sports/2001/sep/12chess.htm Li Ruofan wins Asian women's chess] ] , and the 2006 Chinese Women's Chess Championship in Wuxi with a result of 8.5/12. [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic609.html The Week in Chess 609] ]

She played for the China national chess "B" team at the 1999 Women's Asian Team Chess Championship with an overall record of 3 games played (+0, =2, -1). [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/playerss/4626myg9.html OlimpBase :: Women's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Li Ruofan] ]

Today, she plays for Singapore and lives in Shenzhen with her husband and coach, GM Zhang Zhong. Her favorite chess player is Alexander Alekhine. [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4374 Ni hao, GM Zhang Zhong and WGM Li Ruofan] ]

ee also

*Chess in China

References

External links

*fide|id=8600643|name=Li, Ruofan
** FIDE Rating [http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=8600643 World Top Lists] for Li Ruofan
** FIDE [http://www.fide.com/ratings/hist.phtml?event=8600643 Chess Player card - Individual Calculations]
*chessgames player|id=51567|name=Li, Ruofan
* Chessmetrics [http://db.chessmetrics.com/PL/PL23026.htm Career ratings for: Li Ruofan]