Xu Yuanyuan | |
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Country | China |
Born | [1] Hefei, Anhui, China | March 8, 1981
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2003) |
FIDE rating | 2316 (May 2022) |
Peak rating | 2437 (January 2001) |
Xu Yuanyuan ( Chinese: 徐媛媛; [2] born March 8, 1981) [3] is a Chinese WGM-titled chess player.
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.
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 Lu Miaoyi is one of the top rated girls under 13.
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]
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.