Xu Yuanyuan
{{short description|Chinese chess player (born 1981)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2012}}
{{family name hatnote|Xu|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox chess player
|image= Xu Yuanyuan.jpg
|name = Xu Yuanyuan
|caption = Xu in 2023
|country = {{CHN}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|3|8}}[http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=8601089 Rating data for player Xu, Yuanyuan, (CHN)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807224108/http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=8601089 |date=August 7, 2007 }}
|birth_place = Hefei, Anhui, China
|title = Woman Grandmaster (2003)
|rating = 2316 (May 2022)
|peakrating = 2437 (January 2001)
}}
Xu Yuanyuan ({{zh|c=徐媛媛}};[http://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2008-12-13/23014122986.shtml 第二届北京市大学生国际象棋团体赛隆重开幕] born March 8, 1981)[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 Chinese WGM-titled chess player.
Chess career
In 1995 Xu won the World U14 Girls Chess Championship held in São Lourenço, Minas Gerais, Brazil.{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/school/2006-09/30/content_5156919.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520030345/http://news.xinhuanet.com/school/2006-09/30/content_5156919.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 20, 2010|title=世界青年冠军徐媛媛与清华学子交流"国象精神" |language=zh |trans-title=World Youth Champion Xu Yuanyuan shares "chess spirit" with Tsinghua students |date=2006-09-30|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|access-date=2016-11-20}} Some sources on this event misspell her name as Xu Xuun Yuan. 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.[http://www.chessclub.com/finger/ChinaWomen2003 Look Up (Finger) Player ChinaWomen2003][https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic455.html THE WEEK IN CHESS 455] 28 July 2003 by Mark Crowther[http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourarc.phtml?codt=9&field1=8601089 FIDE Period: October 2003] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040602094619/http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourarc.phtml?codt=9&field1=8601089 |date=June 2, 2004 }} Xu, Yuanyuan In November 2003, Xu won the Chinese Women's Individual Chess Championship in Shan Wei with a final score of 8.5/11.[http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourarc.phtml?field1=8601089&codt=10 FIDE Period: January 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050102003640/http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourarc.phtml?field1=8601089&codt=10 |date=January 2, 2005 }} Xu, Yuanyuan In April–May 2004, she came joint third in the Chinese Women's Team Chess Championship in Jinan City.[http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourarc.phtml?codt=12&field1=8601089 FIDE Period: July 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050512092820/http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourarc.phtml?codt=12&field1=8601089 |date=May 12, 2005 }} Xu, Yuanyuan
She used to be the No. 1 ranked girl chess player in the world on the January 2001 Top 20 Girls FIDE rating list.[http://www.fide.com/ratings/toparc.phtml?cod=12 FIDE Archive: Top 20 Girls January 2001] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006015543/http://www.fide.com/ratings/toparc.phtml?cod=12 |date=October 6, 2007 }} Her highest position on the Top 50 Women FIDE rating list was 25th (also in January 2001).[http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=8601089 FIDE World Top Chess Player: Xu Yuanyuan] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406101424/http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=8601089 |date=April 6, 2007 }}
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.[http://www.chessvariants.org/other.dir/aigo-chess.html AIGO chess] The idea consisted of introducing a piece from Chinese chess called "cannon" into the chess game.[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2759 Almira Skripchenko – cannons on the chessboard]
=Opening repertoire=
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.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Fide|name=Xu, Yuanyuan}}
- FIDE Rating [https://web.archive.org/web/20070406101424/http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=8601089 World Top Lists] for Xu Yuanyuan
- {{Chessgames player|id=51568|name=Xu, Yuanyuan}}
- Chessmetrics [https://web.archive.org/web/20120530235339/http://chessmetrics.com/cm/PL/PL44656.htm Career ratings for: Xu Yuanyuan]
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{{Succession box
|before= Wang Pin
|title= Women's Chinese Chess Champion
|years= 2003
|after= Qin Kanying
}}
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{{Chess in China}}
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Category:Chess Woman Grandmasters
Category:Chinese female chess players
Category:Chinese chess players
Category:World Youth Chess Champions
Category:World Junior Chess Champions