Ni Hua (born May 31,1983 in Shanghai)[1] is a Chinese chessgrandmaster and the national team captain. He is three-time national champion. In 2003,he became China's 15th Grandmaster at the age of 19. In April 2008,Ni Hua and Bu Xiangzhi both became the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700 Elo rating mark,after Wang Yue.
Ni learned to play chess at six. He won the S.T. Lee Cup for under 14 year-olds in 1996 and 1997 and repeated the performance in a higher age group in 1999.
In 2000 he played in his first Olympiad in Istanbul,where he scored 5.5/9. In February 2000,he gained his first GM norm at the 1st Saturday GM Tournament in Budapest with 7/10 score. He achieved his second GM norm at the April 2001 China Team Championship in Suzhou with a score of 6.5/10. His third GM norm was achieved at the Tan Chin Nam Cup with a score of 6.5/9 in Qingdao in July 2002. In the 2001 China-USA Summit Match,Ni Hua scored notable victories against Dmitry Schneider and Hikaru Nakamura.
Ni was awarded the Grandmaster title in February 2003.
In the 37th Chess Olympiad,Ni scored 5.5/9 on fifth board helping the Chinese team to win the silver medal,China's first medal ever at men's Chess Olympiads.[7] In September 2006,he finished equal first along with Bu Xiangzhi in the World University Championship,but placed second on countback.[8]
In April 2008,Ni competed at the Russian Team Championships in Dagomys,Sochi for the team Economist-SGSEU-1 (Saratov),where he achieved a score of 7.0/11 (+4=6–1) and a performance rating of 2735. In June 2008,he became the Chinese National Champion for the third time in a row with 7.5/11 points and a performance of 2666.[12][13]
In early September 2008,he competed for team Mérida Patrimonio on board three at the Division 2 –CECLUB Spanish Club Chess Championship. His team mates were Dmitry Jakovenko,Pavel Eljanov,Zoltán Almási,Ibragim Khamrakulov and Miguel Llanes Hurtado. Ni Hua scored 4.0/5 (+3 =2 -0) and his team topped the group.[14] In late September 2008,he competed at the 5th Russia v China Match in Ningbo,where he scored 2.5/5 with a performance rating of 2700 for the men's team (with Wang Yue,Wang Hao,Bu Xiangzhi,Li Chao).[15]
In January 2009,he won the 51st Reggio Emilia chess tournament,becoming the first Chinese player ever to win this event. In 2009,he made appearances at the Canada Open,4th Kolkata Open,Russia v China match,Chinese National Championships,the Maotai Prince Cup China National Chess King &Queen Championships and the European Club Cup for the champions Economist Saratov.
In May 2013,he tied for second place with Bu Xiangzhi in the 4th Hainan Danzhou tournament and finished third on countback.[20] In August 2013,Ni won the 3rd Chinese Rapid Chess Championship in Shenzhen.[21][22]
In July 2014,he won the 22nd Montcada Open.[23] In the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø,he contributed to China's historic victory scoring 6.5/9 on board four and his rating performance of 2723[24] earned him the individual bronze medal on board four.[2] In November 2014,he helped the Chinese team to win the Scheveningen-style match against the Romanian olympic team at the 8th King's Tournament in Mediaș.[25]
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