- Zhu Chen
Infobox chess player
playername = Zhu Chen
caption =
birthname = Zhu Chen
country = CHN, QAT
datebirth = birth date and age|1976|3|16
placebirth =Wenzhou ,Zhejiang , China
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion = 2001 - 2004
rating = 2496
peakrating = 2548 (January 2008)Zhu Chen (zh-stp|s=诸宸|t=諸宸|p=Zhū Chén) (born
March 16 1976 inWenzhou ,Zhejiang ) is achess Grandmaster, who in 2001, became China's second women's world chess champion afterXie Jun .In 2001, she became China's 12th Grandmaster.
She today plays for
Qatar .Biography
In
1988 Zhu became the first Chinese player to win an international chess competition when she won the World Girls Under 12 Championship inRomania .She won the World Junior Girls Chess Championship in
1994 and1996 .At the age of 25 she defeated
Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia in a tournament for the 2001/2002Women's World Chess Championship , by 5-3, becoming the eleventh champion. She won the World Junior Girls Chess Championship in1994 and1996 .Zhu gave up the chance to defend her world title in Georgia in May 2004 due to a jammed schedule and her pregnancy. [ [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-06/13/content_1522612.htm :: Xinhuanet - English :: ] ]
In June 2004, Zhu played two games against the
chess computer "Star of Unisplendour", which was an advanced AMD 64 bit 3400+ CPU and 2 GB RAM combined with thechess engine Fritz 8 . She lost both games. [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1703 Chess Queen vs Unisplendour Fritz] ] [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1711 Women in Red goes down to the Computer] ]Zhu is married to
Qatar i GrandmasterMohamad Al-Modiahki , and now representsQatar . [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3129 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Olympiad R3: Kramnik, Anand play and win ] ] She also studied for amaster's degree atTsinghua University . [ [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-04/30/content_327719.htm Chess queen to play computer "Star of Unisplendour" ] ]ee also
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Chess in China References
External links
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*chessgames player|id=10837
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