Gu Xiaobing (Chinese: 谷笑冰; pinyin: Gǔ Xiàobīng;[1] born July 12, 1985) is a chess player from China. She was awarded by FIDE the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2003.
| Gu Xiaobing | |
|---|---|
| Country |  China |
| Born | July 12, 1985 Xinghua, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2003) |
| Peak rating | 2371 (January 2006) |
Gu competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2001 and 2012.
She was in the FIDE Top 20 Girls rating list from January 2003 to January 2004.[2]
She achieved the norms required for the WGM title in the Women's Zonal 3.3 Championship in 2001, 2001 World Junior Girls Championship and Women's Chinese Chess Championship in 2002.[3]
Gu finished runner-up to Elisabeth Pähtz in the World Junior Girls Championship 2005 in Istanbul, Turkey.[4] In January 2016, Gu won the Australian Women's Masters, a round-robin tournament held in Melbourne, Australia.[5] She is the director of Yangzhou Yunhe Chess Academy since 2013.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库". Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ^ Top lists records: Gu, Xiaobing, FIDE
- ^ WGM title application, FIDE
- ^ "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Elisabeth Pähtz win World Juniors". ChessBase. 2005-11-23. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "WGM Xiaobing Gu wins Australian Women's Masters 2016". Chessdom. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
External links
edit- Official blog
- Gu Xiaobing rating card at FIDE
- Gu Xiaobing player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Gu Xiaobing chess games at 365Chess.com
- Xiaobing Gu chess games at 365Chess.com
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