Xie Jun
Xie Jun (born October 30, 1970) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and is the first Asian female 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.
| Xie Jun | |
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Xie, Curitiba 1993 | |
| Country | China |
| Born | October 30, 1970 Baoding, Hebei |
| Title | Grandmaster (1993) |
| Women's World Champion | 1991–1996 1999–2001 |
| FIDE rating | 2574 (February 2024) [inactive] |
| Peak rating | 2574 (January 2008) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 谢军 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 謝軍 | ||||||||||
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