Xu Yuanyuan
| Xu Yuanyuan | |
|---|---|
| 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: 徐媛媛;[2] born March 8, 1981)[3] is a Chinese WGM-titled chess player.
Chess career
In 1995 Xu won the World U14 Girls Chess Championship held in São Lourenço, Minas Gerais, Brazil.[4] In October 1997 she won the World U16 Girls Chess Championship in Yerevan, and in 2000, also in Yerevan, she won the World Junior Girls U-20 Championship by a large margin – she began with seven consecutive wins and finished with a score of 11/13.
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.[5][6][7] In November 2003, Xu won the Chinese Women's Individual Chess Championship in Shan Wei with a final score of 8.5/11.[8] In April–May 2004, she came joint third in the Chinese Women's Team Chess Championship in Jinan City.[9]
She used to be the No. 1 ranked girl chess player in the world on the January 2001 Top 20 Girls FIDE rating list.[10] Her highest position on the Top 50 Women FIDE rating list was 25th (also in January 2001).[11]
Xu Yuanyuan is an official representative of Aigo. "Aigo Chess" is a chess variant created in 2004 by the president of the company.[12] The idea consisted of introducing a piece from Chinese chess called "cannon" into the chess game.[13]
Opening repertoire
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.
See also
References
- ↑ Rating data for player Xu, Yuanyuan, (CHN) Archived August 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 第二届北京市大学生国际象棋团体赛隆重开幕
- ↑ 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库
- ↑ "世界青年冠军徐媛媛与清华学子交流“国象精神”" [World Youth Champion Xu Yuanyuan shares "chess spirit" with Tsinghua students] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 2006-09-30. Retrieved 2016-11-20. Some sources on this event misspell her name as Xu Xuun Yuan.
- ↑ Look Up (Finger) Player ChinaWomen2003
- ↑ THE WEEK IN CHESS 455 28 July 2003 by Mark Crowther
- ↑ FIDE Period: October 2003 Archived June 2, 2004, at the Wayback Machine. Xu, Yuanyuan
- ↑ FIDE Period: January 2004 Archived January 2, 2005, at the Wayback Machine. Xu, Yuanyuan
- ↑ FIDE Period: July 2004 Archived May 12, 2005, at the Wayback Machine. Xu, Yuanyuan
- ↑ FIDE Archive: Top 20 Girls January 2001 Archived October 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ FIDE World Top Chess Player: Xu Yuanyuan Archived April 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ AIGO chess
- ↑ Almira Skripchenko – cannons on the chessboard
External links
- Xu, Yuanyuan rating card at FIDE
- FIDE Rating World Top Lists for Xu Yuanyuan
- Xu, Yuanyuan player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Chessmetrics Career ratings for: Xu Yuanyuan
| Preceded by Wang Pin |
Women's Chinese Chess Champion 2003 |
Succeeded by Qin Kanying |