Xie Jun

For the Chinese swimmer, see Xie Jun (swimmer).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Xie.
Xie Jun
Xie, Curitiba 1993
CountryChina
Born (1970-10-30) October 30, 1970 (age 54)
Baoding, Hebei
TitleGrandmaster (1993)
Women's World Champion1991–1996
1999–2001
FIDE rating2574 (October 2024) [inactive]
Peak rating2574 (January 2008)
Xie Jun
Simplified Chinese谢军
Traditional Chinese謝軍
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiè Jūn
Wade–GilesHsieh4 Chun1
IPA[ɕjê tɕýn]

Xie Jun (born October 30, 1970)[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ "中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库". Chessinchina.net. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  2. ^ "Xie Jun". World Chess Hall of Fame. March 15, 2019.