Xu Yuhua (chess player)
- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Xu.
| Xu Yuhua | |
| Full name | Xu Yuhua |
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| Country |  China |
| Born | October 29, 1976 (1976-10-29) (age 32) Jinhua, Zhejiang, China |
| Title | Grandmaster (GM) Woman Grandmaster (WGM) |
| Women's World Champion | 2006 - 2008 |
| FIDE rating | 2479 (No. 21 on the April 2009 FIDE rating list for women) |
| 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.
In 2006, she became China's 21st Grandmaster.
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Education
Career
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 was three months pregnant at the time.[3] She was eliminated in the second round of the Women's World Chess Championship 2008.
Titles
Major titles include:[4]
- 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 Blog (sina.com)
- FIDE rating card for Xu Yuhua
- Xu Yuhua (chess player) player profile at ChessGames.com
- Interview with Xu Yuhua North Urals Cup, 25 July 2008
| Preceded by Antoaneta Stefanova |
Women's World Chess Champion 2006–2008 |
Succeeded by Alexandra Kosteniuk |
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