Li Ruofan

{{short description|Chinese chess player (born 1978)}} {{Family name hatnote|Li|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox chess player | name = Li Ruofan | image = | caption = | country = China<br /> Singapore (2007–2017) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|4|30}}<ref>[http://www.chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=8600643 Rating data for player Li, Ruofan, (CHN)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807175207/http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=8600643 |date=2007-08-07 }}</ref> | birth_place = Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China | death_date = | death_place = | title = International Master (2009)<br> Woman Grandmaster (2002) |spouse = Zhang Zhong | peakrating = 2433 (January 2003) | FideID = 8600643 }}

'''Li Ruofan''' ({{zh|c=李若凡|p=Lǐ Ruòfán}}; born April 30, 1978)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessinchina.net/html/CHNrating05.8.htm |title=西部国际象棋 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112145833/http://www.chessinchina.net/html/CHNrating05.8.htm |archive-date=November 12, 2013 |website=www.chessinchina.net |url-status=dead}}</ref> is a Chinese chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Notable title victories include the 2001 Asian Women's Chess Championship in Chennai,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2001/sep/12chess.htm |title=rediff.com: Ruofan wins Asian women's chess |website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> and the 2006 Chinese Women's Chess Championship in Wuxi with a score of 8½/12.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic609.html |title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 609 10th July 2006 by Mark Crowther |website=Chess and Bridge |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013042752/https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic609.html |archive-date=13 October 2006}}</ref>

Li played for the China national "B" team at the 1999 Women's Asian Team Chess Championship with an overall record of 3 games played (+0, =2, -1).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerss/4626myg9.html |title=OlimpBase :: Women's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Li Ruofan |website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref>

In 2002 Li won the Women's World University Chess Championship in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic412.html#14 |title=7th World University Chess Championships |last=Crowther |first=Mark |date=2002-09-30 |publisher=The Week in Chess |access-date=10 April 2016}}</ref> In 2007, she transferred national federations to represent Singapore.<ref>[https://ratings.fide.com/fedchange.phtml?year=2007 PLayer transfers in 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702204714/http://ratings.fide.com/fedchange.phtml?year=2007 |date=2018-07-02 }}. FIDE.</ref> At the 2008 Japfa Chess Festival in Jakarta, Li Ruofan won the WGM Tournament, a six-player double round-robin event.<ref>[http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=12808 Japfa Chess Festival 2008 - WGM Tournament Section. Tournament report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810152605/http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=12808 |date=2022-08-10 }}. FIDE.</ref><ref>[http://indonesiabase.com/4th-japfa-festival-wgms-jakarta-2008/ 4th Japfa Festival WGMs, Jakarta 2008]. IndonesiaBase.</ref> Li played on board one for Singapore at the Women's Chess Olympiad at Baku in 2016, scoring +4 =4 -2 (60%).

In 2017 she moved back to the Chinese federation.<ref>[http://ratings.fide.com/fedchange.phtml?year=2017 Player transfers in 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111234440/https://ratings.fide.com/fedchange.phtml?year=2017 |date=2020-11-11 }}. FIDE.</ref>

==Personal life== Li lives in Shenzhen with her husband and coach, Grandmaster Zhang Zhong.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/ni-hao-gm-zhang-zhong-and-wgm-li-ruofan |title=Ni hao, GM Zhang Zhong and WGM Li Ruofan |date=January 10, 2008 |website=Chess News}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{FIDE}} *{{365Chess.com player|Li_Ruofan}} *{{Chessgames player|51567}} *[http://chessmetrics.com/cm/PL/PL23026.htm Li Ruofan] at Chessmetrics

{{S-start}} {{S-ach}} {{Succession box | title = Women's Asian Chess Champion | years = 2001 | before = Hoang Thanh Trang | after = Humpy Koneru }} {{Succession box | title = Women's Chinese Chess Champion | years = 2006 | before = Wang Yu | | after = Hou Yifan }} {{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Ruofan}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Chess International Masters Category:Chess Woman Grandmasters Category:Chinese female chess players Category:Chinese chess players Category:Singaporean chess players Category:Chess players from Jiangsu Category:Chess Olympiad competitors Category:Sportspeople from Suzhou