Tian Tian (; born March 25, 1983) is a Chinese
chess
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Woman Grandmaster.
From 1999 to 2002 she went to
Hungary
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to take part in tournaments and youth team championships in order to gain the
Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title, which she did by gaining
norms at the
First Saturday IM tournament November 2001 and the First Saturday IM Group B tournament in December 2001, both held in
Budapest
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.
Her current
Elo rating
The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in zero-sum games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-American physics professor.
The Elo system was invented as an improved ch ...
is 2106 (February 2021). Her highest Elo rating was 2355 from July to December 2001. At that time she was tenth on the Chinese women's ranking list and 77th in the female world rankings. She was coached by Ji Yungi, a chess instructor and trainer of the
Qingdao
Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...
Chess Center.
China Chess League
Tian Tian has played for
Chongqing
Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...
chess club
A chess club is a club formed for the purpose of playing the board game of chess. Chess clubs often provide for both informal and tournament games and sometimes offer league play. Traditionally clubs host over the board, face to face chess more t ...
in the
China Chess League
The China Chess League (CCL) () is a Chinese professional league for chess clubs. The league is organized by the Chinese Chess Association. It is sponsored by Youngor Group and was sponsored by the Shandongbr>Torch Real Estate Group(2005–2009 ...
(CCL).
See also
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Chess in China
References
External links
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1983 births
Living people
Chinese female chess players
Chinese chess players
Chess Woman Grandmasters
Chess players from Chongqing