{{short description|Chinese chess player (born 1981)}} {{family name hatnote|Xu|lang=Chinese}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2012}} {{Infobox chess player |image= Xu Yuanyuan.jpg |name = Xu Yuanyuan |caption = Xu in 2023 |country = {{CHN}} |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|3|8}}<ref>[http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=8601089 Rating data for player Xu, Yuanyuan, (CHN)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807224108/http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=8601089 |date=August 7, 2007 }}</ref> |birth_place = Hefei, Anhui, China |title = Woman Grandmaster (2003) |peakrating = 2437 (January 2001) }} '''Xu Yuanyuan''' ({{lang-zh|c=徐媛媛}};<ref>[http://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2008-12-13/23014122986.shtml 第二届北京市大学生国际象棋团体赛隆重开幕<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> born March 8, 1981)<ref>[http://www.chessinchina.net/html/CHNrating05.8.htm 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> is a Chinese WGM-titled chess player.
==Chess career== In 1995 Xu won the World U14 Girls Chess Championship held in São Lourenço, Minas Gerais, Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/school/2006-09/30/content_5156919.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520030345/http://news.xinhuanet.com/school/2006-09/30/content_5156919.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 20, 2010|title=世界青年冠军徐媛媛与清华学子交流"国象精神" |language=zh |trans-title=World Youth Champion Xu Yuanyuan shares "chess spirit" with Tsinghua students |date=2006-09-30|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|access-date=2016-11-20}} Some sources on this event misspell her name as Xu Xuun Yuan.</ref> In October 1997 she won the World U16 Girls Chess Championship in Yerevan, and in 2000, also in Yerevan, she won the World Junior Girls U-20 Championship by a large margin – she began with seven consecutive wins and finished with a score of 11/13.
On July 11–21, 2003, Xu won the China Women's National Chess Championship (FIDE Zone 3.3 qualifier) held in Yongchuan District, Chongqing, with a final score of 6.5/9.<ref>[http://www.chessclub.com/finger/ChinaWomen2003 Look Up (Finger) Player ChinaWomen2003]</ref><ref>[https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic455.html THE WEEK IN CHESS 455] 28 July 2003 by Mark Crowther</ref><ref>[http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourarc.phtml?codt=9&field1=8601089 FIDE Period: October 2003] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040602094619/http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourarc.phtml?codt=9&field1=8601089 |date=June 2, 2004 }} Xu, Yuanyuan</ref> In November 2003, Xu won the Chinese Women's Individual Chess Championship in Shan Wei with a final score of 8.5/11.<ref>[http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourarc.phtml?field1=8601089&codt=10 FIDE Period: January 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050102003640/http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourarc.phtml?field1=8601089&codt=10 |date=January 2, 2005 }} Xu, Yuanyuan</ref> In April–May 2004, she came joint third in the Chinese Women's Team Chess Championship in Jinan City.<ref>[http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourarc.phtml?codt=12&field1=8601089 FIDE Period: July 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050512092820/http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourarc.phtml?codt=12&field1=8601089 |date=May 12, 2005 }} Xu, Yuanyuan</ref>
She used to be the No. 1 ranked girl chess player in the world on the January 2001 Top 20 Girls FIDE rating list.<ref>[http://www.fide.com/ratings/toparc.phtml?cod=12 FIDE Archive: Top 20 Girls January 2001] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006015543/http://www.fide.com/ratings/toparc.phtml?cod=12 |date=October 6, 2007 }}</ref> Her highest position on the Top 50 Women FIDE rating list was 25th (also in January 2001).<ref>[http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=8601089 FIDE World Top Chess Player: Xu Yuanyuan] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406101424/http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=8601089 |date=April 6, 2007 }}</ref>
Xu Yuanyuan's daughter, IM Lu Miaoyi, represented China at the 45th Chess Olympiad at the age of 14.
Xu Yuanyuan is an official representative of Aigo. "Aigo Chess" is a chess variant created in 2004 by the president of the company.<ref>[http://www.chessvariants.org/other.dir/aigo-chess.html AIGO chess]</ref> The idea consisted of introducing a piece from Chinese chess called "cannon" into the chess game.<ref>[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2759 Almira Skripchenko – cannons on the chessboard]</ref>
===Opening repertoire=== Xu Yuanyuan usually opens with white with 1. d4, and replies to it as black with the Slav. With black against 1. e4 she usually plays the Caro–Kann Defence.
==See also== *Chess in China
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==External links== *{{Fide|name=Xu, Yuanyuan}} ** FIDE Rating [https://web.archive.org/web/20070406101424/http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=8601089 World Top Lists] for Xu Yuanyuan *{{Chessgames player|id=51568|name=Xu, Yuanyuan}} * Chessmetrics [https://web.archive.org/web/20120530235339/http://chessmetrics.com/cm/PL/PL44656.htm Career ratings for: Xu Yuanyuan]
{{S-start}} {{Succession box |before= Wang Pin |title= Women's Chinese Chess Champion |years= 2003 |after= Qin Kanying }} {{S-end}} {{Chess in China}}
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