Xu Yuhua

For the judoka, see Xu Yuhua (judoka).

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Xu.

Xu Yuhua
Full name	Xu Yuhua
Country	China
Born	October 29, 1976 (1976-10-29) Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
Title	Grandmaster (2006) Woman Grandmaster (2001)
Women's World Champion	2006 - 2008
FIDE rating	2465 (January 2012) (No. 29 ranked woman in the January 2012 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating	2517 (April 2006)

Xu Yuhua (simplified Chinese: 许昱华; traditional Chinese: 許昱華; pinyin: Xǔ Yùhua; born October 29, 1976 in Jinhua, Zhejiang) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster and former Women's World Champion (2006–2008). She is China's third women's world chess champion after Xie Jun and Zhu Chen.

On March 25, 2006 she won the Women's World Chess Championship knock-out tournament in Ekaterinburg, Russia, defeating Russian IM Alisa Galliamova in the final by taking 2.5 points on the third game of a four game match for the title. The knockout event had 64 participants, with both former world champion Zhu Chen and reigning world champion Antoaneta Stefanova. Xu was three months pregnant at the time. She became China's 22nd Grandmaster by winning the Women's World Chess Championship 2006.

She won the 2nd FIDE Women Grand Prix, Nanjing, 27 September - 9 October 2009.

Xu Yuhua plays for Zhejiang chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).

She is a law graduate.

Titles

Major titles include:

• Winner of Zonal tournament (1993, 2001)
• World Cup winner (2000, 2002)
• Winner of the World team Olympiad (2000, 2002, 2004)
• World women's champion (2006–2008)

Education

Education Degrees include:

• Master of Literature, Chinese Linguistics, Peking University, 2011
• Bachelor of Law, Jurisprudence, Peking University, 2004

See also

• Chess in China

External links

• Xu Yuhua's Official Blog
• Xu Yuhua player profile at ChessGames.com
• Interview with Xu Yuhua North Urals Cup, 25 July 2008

Preceded by Antoaneta Stefanova

Women's World Chess Champion 2006–2008

Succeeded by Alexandra Kosteniuk