The chess games of Zhao Xue

Zhao Xue

Photograph 2008, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Zhao Xue
Number of games in database: 667
Years covered: 1997 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2554
Highest rating achieved in database: 2565
Overall record: +249 -123 =154 (62.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      141 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Slav (54)
    D15 D11 D17 D10 D12
King's Indian (40)
    E92 E97 E94 E77 E61
Queen's Gambit Declined (29)
    D38 D31 D30 D37 D35
Semi-Slav (22)
    D45 D43 D44
Grunfeld (22)
    D85 D70 D87 D81 D94
Queen's Indian (21)
    E15 E12 E17

With the Black pieces:

Ruy Lopez (58)
    C95 C84 C69 C92 C86
Sicilian (52)
    B90 B92 B22 B51 B50
Nimzo Indian (43)
    E38 E46 E39 E32 E54
Ruy Lopez, Closed (40)
    C95 C84 C92 C86 C91
Queen's Indian (33)
    E15 E12 E14 E16
Queen's Pawn Game (28)
    A46 A45 D05 E00 A40

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ZHAO XUE
(born Apr-06-1985) China

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WGM and GM.

Born in Jinan, Shandong. Zhao came sixth in U12 World Girls Championships in Menorca, in 1996, equal 18th in the U14 World Girls Championship held in Oropesa del Mar in 1998, fifth in the U16 World Girls Championship held in 2000, also in Oropesa del Mar, equal third in the World Girls Junior Championship of 2001, seventh in the U18 World Girls Championships in Heraklio in 2002 before she made her first serious impact on the world chess scene in the same year when she won the 19th World Junior Girls Championships (2002), played in Goa.

Zhao easily won the national women’s 2002 Olympiad selection trial with 23/31, and justified her selection in the team by scoring 11/12 on board 4 in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (Olympiad, women (2002)), thereby scoring 3 gold medals: a team gold, an individual gold for best performance on board 4 and gold for the best rating performance at the Women’s event. She followed up this excellent result by winning individual bronze (for rating performance) and gold, and a team gold, in the 36th Olympiad, Women (2004), an individual gold and team bronze at the 37th Chess Olympiad: Women (2006), and a team gold when the Chinese team won the Women's World Team Championship (2007).

Zhao's tournament record is also distinguished. In 2000, she won the Balatonturist Open in Budapest and the Budapest FS07 IM-A, the HeiBei zt 3.3 (Women) in 2001, the Groningen Harmonie Open-A in 2003, the Cannes Stroer (Women) (with 9/9) in 2003, the Chinese Women's Championship in 2005, and in 2007 came first at the Queens Chess International Woman Grandmasters tournament and equal first with Zhu Chen in the North Urals Cup (2007). She scored a sweeping victory at the at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik (2011), scoring 9.5/11 (TPR 2816), 2.5 points clear of outright second place getter Ju Wenjun, who in turn was a point clear of the rest of the field. She qualified for the FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012) and defeated Canadian WIM Natalia Khoudgarian, Georgian IM and WGM Nino Khurtsidze, and Ukrainian IM and WGM Mariya Muzychuk before losing to Indian GM Dronavalli Harika in the fourth round.

Live ratings: http://www.2700chess.com/women

Wikipedia article: Zhao Xue

page 1 of 27; games 1-25 of 667

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Zhao Xue vs A Caoili	½-½	32	1997	Wch U12 Girls	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
2. Navara vs Zhao Xue	1-0	56	1999	Groningen Young Masters	B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
3. M Sebag vs Zhao Xue	0-1	19	1999	WCh U14 Girls	B50 Sicilian
4. Zhao Xue vs Wang Pin	½-½	50	2001	zt3.3 Women	B53 Sicilian
5. Zhao Xue vs B Thipsay	1-0	37	2001	9th Asian Women	B12 Caro-Kann Defense
6. Zhao Xue vs Huang Chengxin	1-0	30	2001	TCh-CHN Men	C00 French Defense
7. Zhao Xue vs S Meenakshi	0-1	48	2001	WJun Women	C42 Petrov Defense
8. Wang Yu vs Zhao Xue	1-0	44	2001	zt3.3 Women	B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
9. Zhao Xue vs N Kosintseva	½-½	40	2001	WJun Women	B72 Sicilian, Dragon
10. Zhao Xue vs Ruan Lufei	½-½	25	2001	zt3.3 Women	A07 King's Indian Attack
11. Zhao Xue vs E Levushkina	0-1	31	2001	9th Asian Women	A22 English
12. Zhang Jundi vs Zhao Xue	0-1	22	2001	TCh-CHN Men	B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
13. Epishin vs Zhao Xue	0-1	57	2001	Master Open	A80 Dutch
14. Zhao Xue vs N Hryhorenko	1-0	37	2001	WJun Women	B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
15. Xu Yuanyuan vs Zhao Xue	1-0	33	2001	zt3.3 Women	A81 Dutch
16. R Aarthie vs Zhao Xue	1-0	25	2001	9th Asian Women	C05 French, Tarrasch
17. Zhao Xue vs Mu Ke	0-1	35	2001	TCh-CHN Men	C02 French, Advance
18. M Buckley vs Zhao Xue	0-1	42	2001	WJun Women	B24 Sicilian, Closed
19. Zhao Xue vs Huang Qian	0-1	31	2001	zt3.3 Women	B53 Sicilian
20. L Mkrtchian vs Zhao Xue	0-1	56	2001	WJun Women	B50 Sicilian
21. Tan Zhongyi vs Zhao Xue	0-1	39	2001	zt3.3 Women	A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6
22. I Khamrakulova vs Zhao Xue	0-1	42	2001	9th Asian Women	B50 Sicilian
23. Zhao Xue vs Zhong Zhang	0-1	52	2001	TCh-CHN Men	D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
24. Harikrishna vs Zhao Xue	1-0	48	2001	young masters	A86 Dutch
25. I Makka vs Zhao Xue	0-1	69	2001	WJun Women	A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6


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Mar-13-08		playerXchess: Zhao Xue's http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph... FIDE photo has an uncanny resemblance to Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Mar-13-08		hitman84: <playerXchess>Yes!

Mar-27-08		kwi: And she's not getting her GM title. http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1554

Mar-30-08		laserlight: <And she's not getting her GM title.> That would imply that her compatriot Hou Yifan would not get a GM norm from the Isbank Ataturk Women Masters (2008), unless the confirmation has been delayed instead of denied.

Aug-01-08		twinlark: FIDE now lists her as a GM, as well as an WGM

Aug-01-08		twinlark: Does Yifan Hou get credited with a GM norm from the Ataturk Women's Masters now that Zhao has her GM title? In other words, is Zhao's title retrospective to the Ataturk Women's Masters or as a result of it? If it's retrospective, then Yifan gets her second GM norm, if not, Yifan misses out.

Aug-14-08		akhc: it should be retrospective so Yifan should get her second GM norm

Aug-23-08		thordrup: On her fide profile she's named as a "Woman Grand Master & (GM)" so it appears her GM application (http://www.fide.com/FIDE/titles/ima...) has now been approved http://www.fide.com/index.php?optio... Also on the China country list (http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtm...) she's also listed as "g" for grandmaster Info > Titles > Titles Applications http://www.fide.com/info/titles/tit...

Mar-05-09		whiteshark: Being one of the top Chinese female players, <Xue Zhao> has been one of the stars of her national team <since 2002> when she led her country to the gold medal with a dominating 11/12 score and a performance rating of 2723 on the reserve board. In <Calvia 2004> she also scored 10/12 and helped her country to win another gold while in the last two Olympiads in Turin and Dresden, she helped her team to win bronze medals. She was the leading player of the Chinese team which won the <2007> Women’s Team Championship. She took the first place with 5.5/9 in İş Bank Atatürk Women Masters <2008>. from http://istanbul2009.fide.com/xue-zh...

Apr-06-09		alexapple: Happy birthday! Zhao Xue

Apr-06-10		alexapple: Happy birthday! Zhao Xue :)

Apr-06-10		Simonkaser: Happy B !! :D

Apr-06-10		wordfunph: Happy birthday! Zhao Xue

Apr-08-10		DiscoJew: Happy Birthday indeed, she treated herself to a very simple gift... a nice win over a top contender! Zhao Xue vs A Stefanova, 2010

Aug-19-10		Tabanus: 4th place in FIDE Women Grand Prix (Mongolia) 30 July - 12 August 2010: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Jul-07-11		plimko: Zhao Xue is the 1st Chinese Women Rapid Chess Champion. She defeated Ju Wenjun in the Final, 2-0. http://biker60.wordpress.com/2011/0...

Oct-15-11		wordfunph: 6/6 after beating GM Zhu Chen, simply amazing! http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Oct-20-11		Ezzy: 9.5/10 and an incredible 2974!!!! performance in the Nalchik Women's Grand Prix with 1 round to go. +9 is simply stunning and unprecedented in any women's tournament. This is something very special, and is it possible to win again tomorrow? Is this result a 'one off' or are we witnessing a new dominant force in women's chess. Some comments from her competitors <The participants of Grand Prix also give the due to Zhao Xue, though they are not ready to consider her as the new leader of world chess. This means that the Chinese woman played one fantastic tournament, but it cannot guarantee her the next results. But of course everybody agreed that it was a brilliant performance. “ My congratulations to Zhao, she achieved phenomenal result which is perhaps unrepeatable at all” - said Kateryna Lahno.” “Zhao is a good girl, - says Nadezda Kosintseva. - Recently she had been playing unsuccessfully and lowered her rating. A lot of people have written her off. Nothing to say - she is a fighter!” “My congratulations to the winner. And we promise that we will do our best to provide her a “harder” tournament life the next time”- assured us Alexander Kosteniuk. But let’s not forget about the world champion Hou Yifan who obviously has her own chess opinion on her compatriot’s victory. Will this phenomenal success of Zhao Xue be the only one or is it a sign of an appearance of a new leader in female chess for the following years? We can get an answer in the next Grand Prix.> http://nalchik2011.fide.com/unbelie...

Oct-21-11		notyetagm: <CG.COM> You're gonna have to update Zhao Xue 's biography tomorrow. :-)

Oct-21-11		Ezzy: With a RP of 2974 going into the last round, she finally ran out of steam and lost to her compatriot Ju Wenjun. I was willing for her not to lose so she would have had a RP in the 2900's, but to say that it was an anticlimax is a bit churlish, It was still a World Class performance (9.5/11 with a RP of 2816), and one that will be remembered for a long time in Women's chess. Congratulations to Zhao Xue for a magnificent display of chess!!

Apr-12-12		waustad: She had a nice win in a rook and pawn ending today vs Bela Khotenshvili. One of those where the player with a pawn up sacs the extra pawn to allow the opponent's pawn to block the rook out of play. This link will probably no longer apply soon, but for now it is at: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess/t...

Apr-14-12		waustad: She won another nice endgame today. This one she had a knight up for 3 pawns and beat Qian Huang.

Apr-17-12		waustad: She's +4 after 7 rounds. Her win today against Shen Yang was a Slav.

Apr-19-12		waustad: With her win over Yixin Ding in the last round she clinches a piece of the 2nd Women Masters in Jiangsu Wuxi 2012 title. The last remaining game is an OCB ending which Bela Khotenashvili would have to win with a pawn down to tie her +4 score. Her loss in the penultimate round to tail ender Xiaobing Gu kept this from being another crush.

Jul-18-12		waustad: 2 short losses to begin the tournament at Jermuk. Not a good start at all.

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