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Xie Jun

1970 - Today

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Xie Jun (born October 30, 1970) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Xie Jun is the 222nd most popular chess player (down from 189th in 2019), the 999th most popular biography from China (down from 997th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Xie Jun ranks 222 out of 461Before her are Larissa Volpert, Ruslan Ponomariov, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, John Nunn, Aleksandar Matanović, and Roberto Grau. After her are Viktor Kupreichik, Tony Miles, Anna Ushenina, Pentala Harikrishna, Zhu Chen, and Ding Liren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Xie Jun ranks 323Before her are Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Roy Khan, Chris Broderick, Uschi Disl, Marco Etcheverry, and Gauri Khan. After her are Richie Kotzen, Yaël Braun-Pivet, Nancy Faeser, Fat Joe, Andrea Nahles, and Antonio Mohamed.

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In China

Among people born in China, Xie Jun ranks 999 out of 1,610Before her are Hao Haidong (1970), Chloé Zhao (1982), Wang Liqin (1978), Wang Junxia (1973), Hu Jun (1968), and Liu Xiang (1983). After her are Qigang Chen (1951), Yu Wenxia (1989), Ma Kai (1946), Angelababy (1989), Yang Mi (1986), and Liu Xia (1961).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In China

Among chess players born in China, Xie Jun ranks 1After her are Zhu Chen (1976), Ding Liren (1992), Xu Yuhua (1976), Ju Wenjun (1991), Hou Yifan (1994), Ye Jiangchuan (1960), Wang Yue (1987), Qin Kanying (1974), Peng Zhaoqin (1968), Tan Zhongyi (1991), and Zhang Zhong (1978).