Xu Yuanyuan (Chinese: 徐媛媛;[2] born March 8, 1981)[3] is a Chinese WGM-titled chess player.
| Xu Yuanyuan | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Xu Yuanyuan with her daughter in 2023 | |
| Country |  China |
| Born | March 8, 1981[1] Hefei, Anhui, China |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2003) |
| FIDE rating | 2316 (May 2022) |
| Peak rating | 2437 (January 2001) |
Chess career
editIn 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.
On 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's daughter, IM Lu Miaoyi, represented China at the 45th Chess Olympiad at the age of 14.
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
editXu 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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. September 30, 2006. Archived from the original on May 20, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2016. 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
edit- 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
