Xiao Yiyi | |
---|---|
Country | China |
Born | August 29, 1996 |
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2020) |
Peak rating | 2394 (May 2023) |
Xiao Yiyi (born August 29, 1996) is a Chinese chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster.
Xiao Yiyi won the Asian Girls Under-16 Championship in 2012, earning the Woman FIDE Master title. [1] In 2014, she finished third, with 8 points out of 11, in the women's section of the Under-18 World Youth Chess Championship. [2]
She has twice finished runner-up in the women's section of the Chinese Chess Championship, in 2019, [3] and in 2022. [4]
After qualifying through the Asian zonals, she competed in the Women's Chess World Cup 2023, where she was defeated by Maili-Jade Ouellet in the first round. [5]
Koneru Humpy is an Indian chess player best known for winning the FIDE Women's rapid chess championship in 2019. In 2002, she became the youngest woman ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster (GM) at the age of 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, beating Judit Polgár's previous record by three months. In October 2007, Humpy became the second female player, after Polgár, to exceed the 2600 Elo rating mark, being rated 2606.
Hou Yifan is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and the second highest rated female player of all time. A chess prodigy, she was the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of grandmaster and the youngest ever to win the Women's World Chess Championship.
Ding Liren is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. He is the highest-rated Chinese chess player in history and also a three-time Chinese Chess Champion. He was the winner of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour, beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the finals and winning the 2019 Sinquefield Cup. Ding is the first Chinese player ever to play in a Candidates Tournament and pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE world rankings. In July 2016, with a Blitz rating of 2875, he was the highest-rated Blitz player in the world. In July 2023, Ding became the No. 1 ranked Rapid player, with a rating of 2830.
Padmini Rout is an Indian chess player. She holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She has won the National Women's Premier Championship five times, consecutively from 2014 to 2017 and again in 2023, and was the Asian women's champion in 2018.
Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina is a Russian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM). She is the No. 3 ranked woman in the world by FIDE rating behind only Hou Yifan and Koneru Humpy. With a peak rating of 2611, she is also the fourth-highest rated woman in chess history, and the highest-ever rated Russian woman. Goryachkina was the challenger in the 2020 Women's World Championship match, which she lost in rapid tiebreaks to Ju Wenjun. She is also a three-time Russian Women's Chess Champion, which she achieved in 2015, 2017, and 2020. In August 2023, she won the FIDE Women's World Cup after defeating Nurgyul Salimova in a tie break match.
Anastasia Mikhailovna Bodnaruk is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is the current women's World Rapid Chess Champion after winning the World Rapid Chess Championship 2023.
Wang Jue is a Chinese chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.
Dinara Saduakassova is a Kazakh chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Zhai Mo is a Chinese chess player. She was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE in 2016. Zhai competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2017 and 2018.
Salem Abdulrahman Mohamed Saleh is an Emirati chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2009. Saleh competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2023.
Jesse February is a South African chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master. She is a two-time South African women's chess champion and a one-time African women's chess champion.
Shahenda Wafa is an Egyptian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (2017). She is a three-time African Women's Chess Champion.
Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova is an Uzbek-born American chess player and Woman Grandmaster (2016).
Zhu Jiner is a Chinese chess player and Grandmaster (2023).
Gulmira Dauletova is a Kazakhstani chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster, Women's Chess Olympiad individual bronze medal winner (2014).
Teodora Injac is a Serbian chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster in 2021 and the title of International Master in 2023.
Meruert Kamalidenova is a Kazakhstani chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (2023). World Youth Chess Championship winner (2019).
Mitra Asgharzadeh is an Iranian chess Woman FIDE Master (WFM) (2019), Iranian Women's Chess Championship winner (2022).
Anjum Noshin is a Bangladeshi chess Woman FIDE Master (WFM) (2019), Bangladeshi Women's Chess Championship winner (2022).
Ferdous Jannatul is a Bangladeshi chess Women FIDE Master (WFM) (2024), Bangladeshi Women's Chess Championship winner (2021).