| Emma Guo | |
|---|---|
 Emma Guo at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey 2012 | |
| Country |  Australia |
| Born | 23 February 1995 Canberra, Australia |
| Title | Woman International Master (2011) |
| Peak rating | 2092 (February 2013) |
Emma Guo (born 23 February 1995) is an Australian chess player holding the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM). She won the Oceania Women's Chess Championship in 2015.
Born in Canberra, Guo was taught to play chess by her older brother when she was six years old, and was later coached by local chess player Peter Simpson. [1]
Guo is four-time Australian girls' champion: in 2004, 2005 (in the category under-10), 2006 (under-12), and 2007 (under-18). [2]
She was a member of the women's Australian chess team in the 1st World Mind Sports Games held in Beijing, China in October 2008. [3] [4]
Guo has competed in the Oceania Women's Championship four times. In 2009, in the Gold Coast, Queensland, she finished third, behind Arianne Caoili and Irina Berezina, and was awarded the Woman FIDE Master (WFM) title for this result. [5] [6] In 2011, she tied for first place with Berezina in Rotorua, New Zealand, [7] and lost the play-off match held several months later in Parramatta, Sydney. [8] She was awarded the title Woman International Master for this result. [6] Two years later, in Nadi, Fiji, she shared first place with Berezina, and again lost the play-off match. [9] In the 2015 edition, held in Cammeray, Sydney, she finished clear first scoring 7/9 points, and qualified for the knockout Women's World Championship 2016. [10] [11]
Guo played for the Australian national team in the Women's Chess Olympiads of 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016. She also played for Australia's second team in the 2007 World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad. [12]
Guo was the highest scoring female in the 36th Zürich Christmas Open in 2012. [13]
Guo is currently studying for her Psychology and Arts degree at the Australian National University in Canberra.
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