The chess games of Li Ruofan

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Li Ruofan

Number of games in database: 196
Years covered: 2001 to 2017
Last FIDE rating: 2328 (2363 rapid, 2263 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2396

Overall record: +48 -31 =42 (57.0%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 75 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Nimzo Indian (17)
    E32 E29 E46 E38 E40
Sicilian (9)
    B78 B30 B50 B51 B81
Orthodox Defense (9)
    D63 D52 D58 D50 D60
Queen's Gambit Declined (7)
    D38 D31 D30
King's Indian (7)
    E63 E90 E91 E62 E81
Slav (5)
    D10 D11

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (21)
    B28 B43 B42 B25 B40
Ruy Lopez (16)
    C65 C88 C64 C68 C77
Queen's Pawn Game (12)
    A46 A45 E00 D00 E10
Queen's Indian (11)
    E16 E15 E12 E14
Sicilian Kan (9)
    B43 B42
Ruy Lopez, Closed (7)
    C88 C90 C92 C96 C86

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Li Ruofan vs T Aye Win, 2008 1-0
   K Rybenko vs Li Ruofan, 2002 0-1
   N Mohota vs Li Ruofan, 2008 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Japfa WGM (2008)
   Qatar Masters (2015)
   Chess Olympiad (2012)
   Chess Olympiad (Women) (2016)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 World Blitz Championship (Women)
   Li Ruofan vs G Nakhbayeva (Dec-30-17) 0-1, blitz
   S Melia vs Li Ruofan (Dec-30-17) 1-0, blitz
   Li Ruofan vs Zainab Ali Al Durazi (Dec-30-17) 1-0, blitz
   M Gevorgyan vs Li Ruofan (Dec-30-17) 1-0, blitz
   Eiman Fallatah vs Li Ruofan (Dec-30-17) 0-1, blitz

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LI RUOFAN
(born Apr-30-1978, 39 years old) China (federation/nationality Singapore)

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IM and WGM Li Ruofan grew up in the Jiangsu province but lives in Senzhen, China together with her husband and trainer GM Zhong Zhang. Her favorite chessplayer is Alexander Alekhine.

She contested the FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012), but lost in the third set of tiebreakers of the first round to US IM Irina Krush.

Photo: http://www.google.com.au/imgres?um=...

Wikipedia article: Li Ruofan

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 196

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Li Ruofan vs Yan Zhong	1-0	34	2001	TCh-CHN Women	B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
2. K Qin vs Li Ruofan	0-1	56	2001	TCh-CHN Women	B40 Sicilian
3. Li Ruofan vs Wang Yu	½-½	42	2001	TCh-CHN Women	C55 Two Knights Defense
4. Liang Zhihua vs Li Ruofan	½-½	22	2001	TCh-CHN Women	C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
5. Li Ruofan vs N Chunhong	1-0	45	2001	TCh-CHN Women	B30 Sicilian
6. Wang Pin vs Li Ruofan	½-½	49	2001	TCh-CHN Women	C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
7. Wang Lei vs Li Ruofan	½-½	5	2001	TCh-CHN Women	D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. Li Ruofan vs Y Xu	0-1	28	2001	TCh-CHN Women	B50 Sicilian
9. S Liu vs Li Ruofan	½-½	4	2001	TCh-CHN Women	C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
10. Gong Qianyun vs Li Ruofan	½-½	52	2001	zt3.3 Women	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
11. Li Ruofan vs Xu Yuanyuan	1-0	37	2001	zt3.3 Women	B40 Sicilian
12. Wang Pin vs Li Ruofan	1-0	69	2001	zt3.3 Women	C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
13. Yu Ting vs Li Ruofan	1-0	60	2001	zt3.3 Women	C45 Scotch Game
14. Li Ruofan vs Zhou Guijue	1-0	49	2001	zt3.3 Women	B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
15. Tan Zhongyi vs Li Ruofan	½-½	34	2001	zt3.3 Women	E81 King's Indian, Samisch
16. Li Ruofan vs Ruan Lufei	1-0	24	2001	zt3.3 Women	C77 Ruy Lopez
17. Y Xu vs Li Ruofan	1-0	60	2001	zt3.3 Women	A07 King's Indian Attack
18. Li Ruofan vs Zhao Xue	1-0	35	2001	zt3.3 Women	B12 Caro-Kann Defense
19. Huang Qian vs Li Ruofan	1-0	40	2001	zt3.3 Women	E60 King's Indian Defense
20. Li Ruofan vs Wang Yu	1-0	47	2001	zt3.3 Women	C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
21. Zhu Chen vs Li Ruofan	1-0	53	2001	zt3.3 Women	D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
22. Li Ruofan vs Gu Xiaobing	1-0	42	2001	zt3.3 Women	B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
23. Li Ruofan vs R Hamid	1-0	33	2001	9th Asian Women	B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
24. Li Ruofan vs B Thipsay	1-0	35	2001	9th Asian Women	B12 Caro-Kann Defense
25. A Khegai vs Li Ruofan	1-0	38	2001	9th Asian Women	A57 Benko Gambit


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Sep-23-04		alexapple: Chinese beauty!!

Oct-13-07		pawnofdoom: WGM rated 2417, born in 1978. She is married to Zhong Zhang and now lives in Singapore

Jan-10-08		whiteshark: One rose among the men.

Dec-14-08		alexapple: <pawnofdoom>Li Ruofan and Zhang Zhong now play for Singapore, but they still live in China.

Jun-03-11		wordfunph: WGM Li Ruofan of Singapore topped the Zone 3.3 Zonal Championships Women's division and qualified for 2011 World Cup.. http://www.fide.com/component/conte...

Jan-05-13		BIDMONFA: Li Ruofan LI, Ruofan http://www.bidmonfa.com/li_ruofan.htm _

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