Xie Jun is a Chinese chess grandmaster and is the first Asian woman to become a chess grandmaster. She had two separate reigns as Women's World Chess Champion,from 1991 to 1996 and again from 1999 to 2001. Xie is one of three women to have at least two separate reigns,besides Elisaveta Bykova and Hou Yifan. Xie Jun is the current president of the Chinese Chess Association. In 2019,she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.
Ye Jiangchuan is a Chinese chess grandmaster. He is the second Chinese player,after Ye Rongguang,to achieve the title of Grandmaster,which FIDE awarded him in 1993. On 1 January 2000,he became the first ever Chinese player to cross the 2600 elo rating mark.
Zhu Chen is a Chinese-born Qatari chess Grandmaster. In 1999,she became China's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun,and China's 13th Grandmaster. In 2006,she obtained Qatari citizenship and since then has played for Qatar.
Krishnan Sasikiran is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Bu Xiangzhi is a Chinese chess player. In 1999,he became the 10th grandmaster from China at the age of 13 years,10 months and 13 days,at the time the youngest in history. In April 2008,Bu and Ni Hua became the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700 Elo rating line,after Wang Yue.
Zhang Pengxiang is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the 2007 Asian Chess Champion. In 2001,he became China's 12th Grandmaster. Zhang's peak rating was 2657 in April 2007 when he was ranked 47th in the world.
Wang Yue is a Chinese chess player. In 2004,he became China's 18th grandmaster at the age of 17. He is China's first player ever to break into the top 10 of the FIDE world rankings and was the highest-ever rated Chinese player,with a peak rating of 2756,until August 2015,when this record was broken by Ding Liren.
China is a major chess power,with the women's team winning silver medals at the Olympiad in 2010,2012,and 2014;the men's team winning gold at the 2014 Olympiad,and the average rating for the country's top ten players third in the FIDE rankings as of April 2023.
Ni Hua is a Chinese chess grandmaster 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.
Wang Hao is a Chinese chess grandmaster. In November 2009,Wang became the fourth Chinese player to break through the 2700 Elo rating mark.
Peng Xiaomin is a Chinese chess grandmaster. In 1997,he became China's 6th Grandmaster. Peng Xiaomin is married to WGM Qin Kanying.
Wang Rui is a Chinese chess Grandmaster.
Zhou Weiqi is a Chinese chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2008.
Wu Wenjin is a Chinese chess Grandmaster.
Liang Chong is a Chinese chess Grandmaster.
Liang Jinrong is a Chinese chess Grandmaster.
Gong Qianyun is a Singaporean chess player and holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Kevin Goh Wei Ming is a Singaporean chess grandmaster. He is a seven-time Singaporean champion and has represented Singapore in the Chess Olympiad since 2004.
Eugenio "Eugene" Torre is a Filipino chess grandmaster. In 1974,at 22 years old,he became the first Filipino and non-Soviet Asian to qualify for the title Grandmaster. Torre did this by winning the silver medal in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice,France. He is considered the strongest chess player the Philippines produced during the 1980s and 1990s,and played for the Philippines on board 1 in seventeen Chess Olympiads. In 2021,Torre was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.
Buenaventura "Bong" Mendieta Villamayor is a Filipino chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2000,becoming the fourth from the Philippines to achieve this feat.
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