Xie Jun

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Xie is the family name here, Jun is the first name.

Xie Jun, Curitiba 1993
Association	People's Republic of China
Born	October 30, 1970 Beijing
title	International Master of Women (1989) Grand Master of Women (1990) International Master (1991) Grand Master (1993)
world champion	1991 to 1996 1999 to 2001
Current  Elo rating	2574 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2574 (since January 2008)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Xie Jun ( Chinese  謝軍  /  谢军 , Pinyin Xiè Jūn , born October 30, 1970 in Beijing ) is a Chinese chess player and former world champion .

Life

In her youth she first played xiangqi and at the age of ten became a girl's champion in Beijing , then switched to chess and received state sponsorship. In 1988 she took part in the Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki and got 10 out of 13 points. In the same year she became national champion.

World champions Xie Jun and Barbara Hund on their way to the 1992 Chess Olympiad in Manila

In 1991 she reached the World Cup final in Manila via the interzonal tournament in Kuala Lumpur , the candidates' tournament in Borschomi and the due playoff against Alisa Marić . Here she surprisingly won the world title against Maia Chiburdanidze as an almost unknown .

She received the title of Grand Master (GM) in 1993. In the same year she defended the world title against Nana Iosseliani in Monte Carlo . In 1996 she lost it again to Zsuzsa Polgár . When she failed to defend her title in 1999, Xie Jun was able to win the world title again until she lost it to her compatriot Zhu Chen in 2001 .

In 1998 and 2000 she won gold medals with the Chinese team at the Chess Olympiad. Since 2004 she has held the title of FIDE Senior Trainer. In 2005 she received the Laureus China Top Ten Athletes Award in the category of Non-Olympic Athletes of the Year in Shenzhen .

Xie Jun has not played a rated game since the 2007 Chinese Team Championship , so her rating has remained unchanged at 2574 since January 2008. This is also the highest rating Xie Jun has achieved. She would be the fourth best woman in the world rankings and the second best in the Chinese women's rankings, but is listed as inactive by FIDE .

Game example

Xie Jun Short

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

Final position after 53.Qxg7 +

In the following game, Xie Jun defeated the English world-class player Nigel Short with the white pieces in the 2002 Jinan tournament .

Xie Jun short 1-0

Jinan, July 21, 2002

French Defense ( Tarrasch Variation ), C09

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. 0–0 Bd6 8. Nb3 Ne7 9. Nbxd4 0–0 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. c3 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Re1 Ng6 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. b3 Rfe8 16.Rxe8 + Rxe8 17. Re1 Rxe1 + 18.Nxe1 c5 19.Ndf3 h6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Qd2 Ne7 22.h3 Bf5 23.Nd3 Be4 24.Nfe1 g5 25.b4 cxb4 26.cxb4 Qc4 27.Bc5 Bxc5 28.Nxc5 Nc6 29.Nxe4 dxe4 30. a3 Nd4 31.h4 f6 32.hxg5 hxg5 33. Qe3 Kf7 34. Kh2 Ne6 35. Qa7 + Kg6 36. Qe7 Ng7 37. f3 exf3 38. Nxf3 Qf4 + 39. Kg1 Qc1 + 40. Kh2 Qxa3 41. Qe4 + Kh6 42. Qd4 Nh5 43. Qd8 Qb3 44. Qh8 + Kg6 45. Qe8 + Qf7 46. Qc6 Qe7 47. Qxa6 Qxb4 48. Qd3 +8 Qf4 49. Qd3 +8 Qf4 49 50. Kg1 Ng7 51. Nd4 g4 52. Qh8 + Kg6 53. Qxg7 + 1: 0

National team

With China, Xie Jun took part in the Women's Chess Olympiad in 1988 , 1990 , 1992 , 1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 and 2004 . She won with the team in 1998, 2000 and 2004, finished second in 1996 and third in 1990, 1992 and 1994. In the individual evaluation, Xie Jun achieved the second best rating of all participants in 1990 and 2004 and won the individual bronze medal on the top board in 1990, 1992 and 2000. She also won the Asian Women's Team Championship with China in 1995.

societies

In the Chinese team championship, Xie Jun played for the Beijing Patriots from 2005 to 2007 , with whom she won the championship in 2005 and 2006 . In the Dutch Meester class , she played for the Hilversums Schaakgenootschap from 1997 to 1999 .

Fonts

• Xie Jun: Chess champion from China . Gambit Publications, London 1998, ISBN 1-901983-06-4 .

Web links

Commons : Xie Jun  - collection of images

• http://www.koenig-plauen.de/Rubriken/Weltmeisterinnen/jun.htm
• Replayable chess games by Xie Jun on chessgames.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2005 Laureus China Top Ten Athletes announced on the website of the Chinese Olympic Committee (English)
2. ↑ Xie Jun's results at the women's chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
3. ↑ Xie Jun's Asian Women's Team Championships results on olimpbase.org

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Xie is the family name here, Jun is the first name.