Xie Jun is a Chinese chess grandmaster born October 30, 1970, in Baoding, Hebei, and the first Asian woman to earn the grandmaster title, achieved in 1994. She held the Women's World Chess Championship across two separate reigns, from 1991 to 1996 after defeating Maia Chiburdanidze, and again from 1999 to 2001 after defeating Alisa Galliamova, and is one of only three women ever to hold the title in more than one separate reign. She was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in 2019 and serves as president of the Chinese Chess Association.
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Career HighlightHeld the Women's World Chess Championship title in two separate reigns, 1991 to 1996 and 1999 to 2001. 1 Classification
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Why is Xie Jun's world championship considered historic?
She was the first Asian Women's World Chess Champion and ended a 41-year Soviet hold on the title.
Xie Jun was the first player from Asia to become Women's World Chess Champion. She held the title from 1991 to 1996 and again from 1999 to 2001, and her first reign ended a 41-year Soviet stranglehold on the title. The World Chess Hall of Fame inducted her in 2019.
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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.
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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.
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She had two separate reigns as Women's World Chess Champion, from 1991 to 1996 and again from 1999 to 2001.
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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.
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is a Chinese chess grandmaster and is the first Asian woman to become a chess grandmaster.
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She lost the 1996 Women's World Chess Championship to Susan Polgar of Hungary (8½-4½) but regained the title in 1999 by defeating another championship finalist, Alisa Galliamova (8½-6½), after Polgar refused to accept match conditions and forfeited her title.
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