- Zhao Xue
Infobox Chess player
playername = Zhao Xue
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birthname = Zhao Xue
country = CHN
datebirth = birth date and age|1985|4|6
placebirth =Jinan ,Shandong ,China
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster (2008)Woman Grandmaster
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating = 2522
(No. 8 on the July 2008 FIDE rating list for women)
peakrating = 2530 (October 2007)Zhao Xue ( _zh. 赵雪; born
April 6 ,1985 inJinan ,Shandong ) [ [http://www.chessinchina.net/html/CHNrating05.8.htm 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库 ] ] is a Chinesechess player who holds theWoman Grandmaster and Grandmaster titles.In 2008, she became China's 24th Grandmaster.
Career
Her greatest success so far in an individual event was winning the 2002 Under-20 World Junior Girls Chess Championship, beating Humpy Koneru on tie-break.
In 2007, she took second place in the women's supertournament North Urals Cup with a score of 6/9, lost to former world champion
Zhu Chen on tiebreak.In August-September 2008 at the Women's World Chess Championship she was knocked out in the second round by compatriot
Shen Yang 0.5-1.5.GM title
In 2008 she gained the Grandmaster title. Her GM norms were achieved at: [ [http://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidetitles&view=appsdt&cat=0&per=19&aid=8601283] ]
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37th Chess Olympiad (Women) inTurin ,Italy 21 May-4 June, 2006; score 10/13
* North Urals Cup 2007 inKrasnoturinsk ,Russia July 21-31 2007; score 6.0/9National team
Zhao Xue has played an important part in the last two victories of China in the Women's
Chess Olympiad .She as a first reserve scored 11/12 (performance rating of 2723) on board 4 in the
35th Chess Olympiad inBled in2002 . She has lost just one game (toKetevan Arakhamia ) on that occasion and that remains the only Olympiad game she has lost in her three Olympiad appearances.She scored 10/12 on board 3 (TPR 2603) winning an individual gold in
36th Chess Olympiad inCalvia in 2004; and scored 10/13 on board 1 (TPR 2615) winning an individual gold at the37th Chess Olympiad inTurin in 2006.Zhao played first board on a slightly weaker Chinese women's team in the World Teams Championship held in
Beersheba ,Israel in 2005.She led China to victory in the 2007 Women's World Team Championship with 6½/8 (TPR 2693).
ee also
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Chess in China References
External links
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