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Li Ruofan
Number of games in database: 138
Years covered: 2001 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2394 (2397 rapid, 2385 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2396
Overall record: +41 -21 =36 (60.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      40 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Nimzo Indian (9)      E29 E40 E43 E46 E26  Sicilian (9)      B78 B51 B30 B50 B81  Orthodox Defense (8)      D63 D52 D60 D55 D58  King's Indian (5)      E63 E62 E81 E91  Ruy Lopez (5)      C77 C73 C84 C90  Queen's Gambit Declined (4)      D38 D30	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (15)      C65 C88 C64 C86 C75  Sicilian (13)      B43 B42 B40 B22 B25  Sicilian Kan (9)      B43 B42  Queen's Indian (8)      E16 E15  Queen's Pawn Game (8)      A46 A40 D00 A45 E10  Ruy Lopez, Closed (7)      C88 C86 C91 C96 C90

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   K Rybenko vs Li Ruofan, 2002 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Japfa WGM (2008)
   Chess Olympiad (2012)

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LI RUOFAN (born Apr-30-1978, 36 years old) China (citizen of Singapore) [what is this?] 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 6; games 1-25 of 138  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Li Ruofan vs Zhou Guijue   1-0 49 2001 zt3.3 Women B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 2. Li Ruofan vs Yan Zhong   1-0 34 2001 TCh-CHN Women B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 3. Li Ruofan vs R Hamid   1-0 33 2001 9th Asian Women B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 4. Li Ruofan vs Wang Yu   ½-½ 6 2001 9th Asian Women C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. Li Ruofan vs Zhao Xue   1-0 35 2001 zt3.3 Women B12 Caro-Kann Defense 6. Li Ruofan vs N Chunhong   1-0 45 2001 TCh-CHN Women B30 Sicilian 7. Li Ruofan vs I Khamrakulova   1-0 43 2001 9th Asian Women B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 8. Yu Ting vs Li Ruofan   1-0 60 2001 zt3.3 Women C45 Scotch Game 9. Li Ruofan vs Gu Xiaobing   1-0 42 2001 zt3.3 Women B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 10. S Liu vs Li Ruofan ½-½ 4 2001 TCh-CHN Women C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 11. A Ramaswamy vs Li Ruofan   0-1 57 2001 9th Asian Women C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. Y Xu vs Li Ruofan 1-0 60 2001 zt3.3 Women C47 Four Knights 13. Liang Zhihua vs Li Ruofan   ½-½ 22 2001 TCh-CHN Women C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 14. M Sergeyeva vs Li Ruofan   ½-½ 21 2001 9th Asian Women C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 15. Wang Pin vs Li Ruofan   1-0 69 2001 zt3.3 Women C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. A Zatonskih vs Li Ruofan   ½-½ 57 2001 FIDE WCh Women KO A07 King's Indian Attack 17. Zhu Chen vs Li Ruofan   1-0 53 2001 zt3.3 Women D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 18. Li Ruofan vs Y Xu   0-1 28 2001 TCh-CHN Women B50 Sicilian 19. Li Ruofan vs S Vijayalakshmi   1-0 58 2001 9th Asian Women C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 20. Li Ruofan vs Ruan Lufei   1-0 24 2001 zt3.3 Women C77 Ruy Lopez 21. Li Ruofan vs Wang Yu   ½-½ 42 2001 TCh-CHN Women C55 Two Knights Defense 22. Li Ruofan vs B Thipsay   1-0 35 2001 9th Asian Women B12 Caro-Kann Defense 23. Li Ruofan vs Xu Yuanyuan   1-0 37 2001 zt3.3 Women B40 Sicilian 24. Li Ruofan vs A Zatonskih 0-1 12 2001 FIDE WCh Women KO C07 French, Tarrasch 25. Li Ruofan vs Wang Yu   1-0 47 2001 zt3.3 Women C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 138

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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