Peng Zhaoqin

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Peng Zhaoqin

Peng Zhaoqin, Warsaw 2013
Full name Peng Zhaoqin
Country Netherlands
Born (1968-05-08) May 8, 1968
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2396
(No. 68 ranked woman in the November 2012 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating 2472 (April 2002)

Peng Zhaoqin (Simplified: 彭肇勤; born May 8, 1968 in Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a female Chinese chess player, who has resided in the Netherlands since 1996. She has the FIDE title of International Grandmaster (full GM), which was awarded in October 2004, and has an Elo rating of 2455 (October 2008).

Peng Zhaoqin has won the Dutch Women's Championship an unprecedented thirteen times, landing her first title in 1997 and then winning twelve more in an uninterrupted sequence from 2000 to 2011. In the 2011 Dutch Women's Championship, Peng won nine games out of ten, placing a full three points ahead of her closest competitor.[1] She is currently the Netherlands' female number one.

See also

References

  1. "Giri, Peng win Dutch Championships with record scores". ChessBase. 2011-07-05. Retrieved 18 October 2013. 

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Preceded by
Liu Shilan
Women's Chinese Chess Champion
1987
Succeeded by
Qin Kanying
Preceded by
Xie Jun
Women's Chinese Chess Champion
1990
Succeeded by
Qin Kanying
Preceded by
Zhu Chen
Women's Chinese Chess Champion
1993
Succeeded by
Zhu Chen
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