Peng Xiaomin (; born April 8, 1973) is a
Chinese
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chess
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grandmaster. In 1997, he became
China
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's
6th Grandmaster. Peng Xiaomin is married to
WGM Qin Kanying.
Career
Peng has been a grandmaster since 1997. In 1998, he became the
Chinese National Chess Champion.
He played for the
China national Olympiad team for 1994-2000.
Peng competed in the
FIDE World Chess Championship in 2000 in
New Delhi
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, where he reached the third round having been beaten by
Peter Svidler
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Svidler has competed in three World Championshi ...
2.5-1.5.
Peng was a World Top 100 Chess Player according to the
FIDE
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ratings from July 2000 to October 2002, while also at the same time was the third ranked Chinese player.
Although today he is still officially in the Top 10 in China, he has limited his activities to playing for and coaching his club team in the domestic Chinese chess league.
Recently, he has moved to Canada with his wife and son. He is teaching Kelly Wang, Qiuyu Huang, Robert Liu, Zhong Wen Xuan, and other young Canadians.
China Chess League
Peng Xiaomin plays for
Hebei
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chess club
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in the
China Chess League
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(CCL).
See also
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Chess in China
China is a major chess power, with the women's team winning gold medals at the Chess Olympiad, Olympiad in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2016, 2018; silver medals in 1996, 2010, 2012, and 2014; bronze medals in 1990, 1992, 1994, 2006. The Open team wo ...
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Peng, Xiaomin
1973 births
Living people
Chess Grandmasters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Chess players from Hebei
Sportspeople from Handan
Chinese chess players