Ni Hua

Ni Hua
CountryChina
Born (1983-05-31) May 31, 1983 (age 41)
Shanghai, China
TitleGrandmaster (2003)
FIDE rating2649 (September 2024)
Peak rating2724 (April 2009)
RankingNo. 79 (September 2024)
Peak rankingNo. 21 (April 2009)
Medal record
Representing  China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Men's Team
Ni Hua
Simplified Chinese倪华
Traditional Chinese倪華
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNí Huá
IPA[nǐ xwǎ]

Ni Hua (born May 31, 1983 in Shanghai)[1] is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the national team captain. He is three-time national champion. In 2003, he became China's 15th Grandmaster at the age of 19. In April 2008, Ni Hua and Bu Xiangzhi both became the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700 Elo rating mark, after Wang Yue.

He was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team at the 41st Chess Olympiad.[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 February 19, 2012.
  2. ^ "41st Chess Olympiad: China and Russia claim gold!". FIDE. August 15, 2014. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.