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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1970-10-30 ) October 30, 1970 (age 55) , Baoding , Hebei, China
- Spouse
- Wu Shaobin
- Country
- China
- Title
- Grandmaster (1993)
- Women s world champion
- 1991–1996, 1999–2001
- Fide rating
- 2574 (June 2026) [inactive]
- Peak rating
- 2574 (January 2008)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Xie
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Baoding
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Beijing Normal University
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- China
- Image
- Xie Jun 1993.jpg
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- Xie Jun
- date of birth
- 1970-10-30
- Elo rating
- 2574
- title of chess person
- Woman International Master
- P10632
- Xie Jun
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Encyclopedic overview
Xie Jun (Chinese: 谢军; born October 30, 1970) 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.
Early life and career
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