Xu Yuhua
| Xu Yuhua | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Xu Yuhua |
| Country |  China |
| Title | Grandmaster (2006) Woman Grandmaster (2001) |
| Women's World Champion | 2006 - 2008 |
| FIDE rating | 2483 |
| 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)[1] 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.[2] She became China's 22nd Grandmaster by winning the Women's World Chess Championship.
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).[3]
Titles
Major titles include:[5]
- 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)
See also
References
External links
- Xu Yuhua's Official Blog
- Xu Yuhua rating card at FIDE
- Xu Yuhua player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Interview with Xu Yuhua North Urals Cup, 25 July 2008