Li Ruofan

Li Ruofan (Chinese李若 凡, Pinyin lǐ Ruòfán; born April 30, 1978 in Suzhou (Jiangsu) ) ​​is a Chinese chess player who plays for the Singapore Chess Federation since 2007.

Life

Li Ruofan learned to play chess in a chess school in Suzhou. She is married to the chess grandmaster Zhang Zhong, with whom she moved to the Chess Federation of Singapore at the same time. When her chess ' s pattern calls Alexander Alekhine.

Achievements

She played for the B team of the Chinese women's national team at the Asia Cup 1999 in Shenyang on the second board. The team took second place. In September 2001, she won the Asian woman in Chennai Individual Championship with 9 points from 11 games and half a point ahead of S. Vijayalakshmi. In October 2003, she won the GACC - woman tournament in Kuala Lumpur with 8 out of 8 points and 3 points ahead. Chinese mistress was in July 2006 in Wuxi 8.5 out of 11 and one point ahead of Wang Pin. In February 2007, she won the JAPFA Chess Festival in Jakarta with 5 out of 6 and 2 points ahead. The festival, she won again in April 2008.

It is Grand Master of the women ( WGM ). Since November 2007 she additionally carries the title of International Master of Men (IM). The standards for the IM title they reached the Qingdao Chess Festival 2002, the Singapore Open 2005 and at the 4th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2007 your Elo rating is 2425. (July 2008), so it is on the fourth Place the Elo ranking and the first place of women ranking of Singapore. Last among the top 25 of the Women's World Ranking it was in January 2003. Their highest Elo rating was 2433 January-September 2003.