Chess Champion from China
Ding Liren winning the FIDE World Championship 2023 reminds fans that China is a chess powerhouse. Perhaps the first time a Chinese player captured the world’s attention was October 29, 1991. That’s when Xie Jun (family name Xie) won the Women’s World Chess Championship. More 🡢
Xie Jun (1970-) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. She’s two titles as Women’s Chess Champion from 1991 to 1996 and from 1999 to 2001. She’s the president of the Chinese Chess Federation.