The chess games of Xue Zhao

XUE ZHAO (born Apr-06-1985, 40 years old) China	PRONUNCIATION:		[what is this?]
WGM and GM. Born in Jinan, Shandong. Zhao came sixth in U12 World Girls Championships in Menorca, in 1996, equal 18th in the U14 World Girls Championship held in Oropesa del Mar in 1998, fifth in the U16 World Girls Championship held in 2000, also in Oropesa del Mar, equal third in the World Girls Junior Championship of 2001, seventh in the U18 World Girls Championships in Heraklio in 2002 before she made her first serious impact on the world chess scene in the same year when she won the 19th World Junior Girls Championships (2002), played in Goa. Zhao easily won the national women’s 2002 Olympiad selection trial with 23/31, and justified her selection in the team by scoring 11/12 on board 4 in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (Olympiad, women (2002)), thereby scoring 3 gold medals: a team gold, an individual gold for best performance on board 4 and gold for the best rating performance at the Women’s event. She followed up this excellent result by winning individual bronze (for rating performance) and gold, and a team gold, in the 36th Olympiad, Women (2004), an individual gold and team bronze at the 37th Chess Olympiad: Women (2006), and a team gold when the Chinese team won the Women's World Team Championship (2007). Zhao's tournament record is also distinguished. In 2000, she won the Balatonturist Open in Budapest and the Budapest FS07 IM-A, the HeiBei zt 3.3 (Women) in 2001, the Groningen Harmonie Open-A in 2003, the Cannes Stroer (Women) (with 9/9) in 2003, the Chinese Women's Championship in 2005, and in 2007 came first at the Queens Chess International Woman Grandmasters tournament and equal first with Zhu Chen in the North Urals Cup (2007). She scored a sweeping victory at the at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik (2011), scoring 9.5/11 (TPR 2816), 2.5 points clear of outright second place finisher Ju Wenjun, who in turn was a point clear of the rest of the field. She qualified for the FIDE Knock-out Women's World Championship (2012) and defeated Canadian WIM Natalia Khoudgarian, Georgian IM and WGM Nino Khurtsidze, and Ukrainian IM and WGM Mariya Muzychuk before losing to Indian GM Dronavalli Harika in the fourth round. Live ratings: http://www.2700chess.com/women Wikipedia article: Zhao Xue

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. X Zhao vs L Javakhishvili	0-1	32	1996	Wch U12 Girls	A10 English
2. X Zhao vs T Kosintseva	1-0	32	1997	Wch U12 Girls	A80 Dutch
3. X Zhao vs A Caoili	½-½	32	1997	Wch U12 Girls	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
4. X Zhao vs N Kosintseva	0-1	19	1998	World Championship U14 (girls)	A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3
5. M Sebag vs X Zhao	0-1	19	1999	WCh U14 Girls	B50 Sicilian
6. X Zhao vs D Mastrovasilis	0-1	37	1999	Groningen Young Masters	A15 English
7. Stellwagen vs X Zhao	½-½	33	1999	Groningen Young Masters	B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
8. X Zhao vs A Bokros	0-1	36	1999	Groningen Young Masters	A22 English
9. Navara vs X Zhao	1-0	56	1999	Groningen Young Masters	B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
10. X Zhao vs A Horvath	1-0	41	1999	Groningen Young Masters	A15 English
11. A Matnadze Bujiashvili vs X Zhao	½-½	54	1999	Groningen Young Masters	A81 Dutch
12. X Zhao vs J Werle	1-0	34	1999	Groningen Young Masters	A17 English
13. Efimenko vs X Zhao	½-½	73	1999	Groningen Young Masters	B94 Sicilian, Najdorf
14. Y Ma vs X Zhao	0-1	16	1999	Groningen Young Masters	B12 Caro-Kann Defense
15. X Zhao vs E Ovod	½-½	50	1999	Groningen Young Masters	A37 English, Symmetrical
16. X Zhao vs A Volokitin	1-0	46	1999	Groningen Young Masters	A35 English, Symmetrical
17. J Dudas vs X Zhao	½-½	12	2000	Budapest FS07 IM-A	A80 Dutch
18. X Zhao vs B Lindberg	1-0	33	2000	Budapest WFG IM-A	B23 Sicilian, Closed
19. X Zhao vs L Javakhishvili	0-1	43	2000	Wch U16 Girls	A34 English, Symmetrical
20. X Zhao vs Tang Zijian	1-0	33	2001	Chinese Team Championship	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
21. W Wu vs X Zhao	1-0	28	2001	Chinese Team Championship	A80 Dutch
22. X Zhao vs Mu Ke	0-1	35	2001	Chinese Team Championship	C02 French, Advance
23. X Zhao vs Huang Chengxin	1-0	30	2001	Chinese Team Championship	C00 French Defense
24. L Wang vs X Zhao	0-1	56	2001	Chinese Team Championship	B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
25. X Zhao vs W Lin	0-1	36	2001	Chinese Team Championship	A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation


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