Xu Yuhua
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| Xu Yuhua | ||
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| Full name | Xu Yuhua | |
| Country |  China |
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| Born | October 29, 1976 Jinhua, Zhejiang, China |
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| Title | Grandmaster (GM) | |
| Women's World Champion | 2006 - present | |
| FIDE rating | 2500 (No. 11 on the April 2008 FIDE rating list for women) |
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| Peak rating | 2517 (April 2006) | |
- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Xu.
Xu Yuhua (Chinese: 许昱华/許昱華; Pinyin: Xǔ Yùhua; born October 29, 1976 in Jinhua, Zhejiang)[1] is a Chinese chess player and current Women's World Champion. She is also a law graduate.[2]
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Xu holds the International Grandmaster title. 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 Yuhua was 3 months pregnant at the time.[3]
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| Preceded by Antoaneta Stefanova |
Women's World Chess Champion 2006– |
Succeeded by Current Champion |
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