| Xu Yuanyuan | |
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| Full name | Xu Yuanyuan |
| Country | China |
| Born | March 8, 1981 [1] China |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (WGM) |
| FIDE rating | 2322 (April 2009) |
| Peak rating | 2437 (January 2001) |
Xu Yuanyuan (Chinese: 许婳婳;[2] born March 8, 1981)[3] is a Chinese WGM-titled chess player.
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In October 1997 Xu won the World U16 Girls Chess Championship in Yerevan, and in 2000, also in Yerevan, she won by a large margin (with a score of 11/13—she began with seven consecutive wins until a loss in the 8th round but continued after that quite strongly) the World Junior Girls U-20 Championship.
In July 11–21, 2003, Xu won the China Women's National Chess Championship (FIDE Zone 3.3 qualifier) held in Yongchuan District, Chongqing, with a final score of 6.5/9.[4][5][6] In November 2003, Xu won the Chinese Women's Individual Chess Championship in Shan Wei with a final score of 8.5/11.[7] In April–May 2004, she came joint third in the Chinese Women's Team Chess Championship in Jinan City.[8]
She used to be the No. 1 ranked girl chess player in the world on the January 2001 Top 20 Girls FIDE rating list.[9] Her highest position on the Top 50 Women FIDE rating list was 25th (also on January 2001).[10]
Xu Yuanyuan is an official representative of Aigo. "Aigo Chess" is a chess variant created in 2004 by the president of the company.[11] The idea consisted of introducing a piece from Chinese chess called "cannon" into the chess game.[12]
Xu Yuanyuan usually opens with white with 1. d4, and replies to it as black with the Slav. With black against 1. e4 she usually plays the Caro-Kann Defence.
| Preceded by Wang Pin |
Women's Chinese Chess Champion 2003 |
Succeeded by Qin Kanying |
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