Xu Yuhua
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 Xu Yuhua in 2008 | |
| Country | China |
| Born | 29 October 1976[1] Jinhua, Zhejiang, China |
| Title | Grandmaster (2006) Woman Grandmaster (2001) |
| Women's World Champion | 2006–08 |
| FIDE rating | 2465 (August 2024) [inactive] |
| Peak rating | 2517 (April 2006) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 許昱華 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 许昱华 | ||||||||||
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Xu Yuhua (born 29 October 1976) 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.
Biography
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 2½ 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.[2] She became China's 22nd Grandmaster by winning the Women's World Chess Championship 2006.[3]
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).[4]
Achievements
Major successes and titles include:[6]
- Winner of Zonal tournament (1993, 2001)
- Asian junior girls' champion (1996)[7]
- Asian women's champion (1998)[7]
- Women's World Cup winner (2000, 2002)
- Winner of the Chess Olympiads of 2000, 2002 and 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
References
- ^ 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库 Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Columns (bf1)
- ^ "Xu Yuhua is the eleventh Women's World Champion". chessbase.com. 25 March 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ People's Daily Online – Three Chinese chess players qualified for men's World Cup
- ^ North Urals Cup 2008 Archived July 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine – Participants
- ^ a b "Asian Women's Chess Championship 1998". OoCities. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
External links
- Xu Yuhua's Official Blog
- Xu Yuhua player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Xu Yuhua chess games at 365Chess.com
- Interview with Xu Yuhua ChessBase. 27 July 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2015
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