Peng Zhaoqin (; born 8 May 1968 in
Guangzhou,
Guangdong) is a
Chinese-born Dutch
chess player. In October 2004, she was the eleventh woman ever to be awarded the
FIDE
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...
title of
Grandmaster.
She won three times the
Chinese women's chess championship, in 1987, 1990 and 1993. She has resided in the
Netherlands since 1996. Peng has won the
Dutch women's championship an unprecedented fourteen times, landing her first title in 1997 and then winning twelve more in an uninterrupted sequence from 2000 to 2011. She tied for first with
Alexandra Kosteniuk at the
European Women's Chess Championship of 2004 in
Dresden, and took the silver medal on tiebreak. Thanks to this result, Peng was awarded the title of Grandmaster.
In the 2011 Dutch women's championship, Peng won nine games out of ten, placing a full three points ahead of her closest competitor.
See also
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Chess in China
References
External links
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Complete Chess match Tea Lanchava vs Peng ZhaoqinThe BDO Chess Tournament 2006— a report by Peng Zhaoqin
1968 births
Living people
Chinese female chess players
Dutch female chess players
Chess grandmasters
Female chess grandmasters
Chess woman grandmasters
Chinese emigrants to the Netherlands
Chess players from Guangzhou
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