Li Ruofan

Li Ruofan
Country  China
 Singapore
Born (1978-04-30) April 30, 1978[1]
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Title International Master
Woman Grandmaster
Peak rating 2433 (January 2003)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li.

Li Ruofan (Chinese: 李若凡; pinyin: Lǐ Ruòfán; born April 30, 1978[2] in Suzhou, Jiangsu) is a Chinese-Singaporean 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,[3] and the 2006 Chinese Women's Chess Championship in Wuxi with a score of 8.5/12.[4]

She 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).[5]

She played on board one for Singapore at the women's Chess Olympiad at Baku in 2016, scoring +4 =4 -2 (60%).

In 2002 Li Ruofan won the Women's World University Chess Championship in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[6] In 2007 she transferred federations to represent Singapore.[7] At the 2008 Japfa Chess Festival in Jakarta, Li Ruofan won the WGM Tournament, a six-player double round-robin event.[8][9]

She lives in Shenzhen with her husband and coach, Grandmaster Zhang Zhong. Her favorite chess player is Alexander Alekhine.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rating data for player Li, Ruofan, (CHN)
  2. ↑ 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库
  3. ↑ Li Ruofan wins Asian women's chess
  4. ↑ The Week in Chess 609
  5. ↑ OlimpBase :: Women's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Li Ruofan
  6. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2002-09-30). "7th World University Chess Championships". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  7. ↑ PLayer transfers in 2007. FIDE.
  8. ↑ Japfa Chess Festival 2008 - WGM Tournament Section. Tournament report. FIDE.
  9. ↑ 4th Japfa Festival WGMs, Jakarta 2008. IndonesiaBase.
  10. ↑ Ni hao, GM Zhang Zhong and WGM Li Ruofan

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Preceded by
Wang Yu		 Women's Chinese Chess Champion
2006 		Succeeded by
Hou Yifan
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