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Chinese Woman Grandmaster. Graduated in Commerce. Vice Women World Champion in 2002. Chinese Women Champion in 1988, 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2004. In 2000 she qualified for the Women World Championship final match but lost 2,5-1,5 to Xie Jun. A participant in the Women’s Olympiads between 1990 and 1994 where she was awarded four medals

Vietnamese Women Grandmaster. Asian Women Champion in 2010. Vietnamese Champion 2005. Gold medalist for the best individual performance at board 1 of the 2005 Asian Women’s Team Championship. A particant in the Women Olympiads between 2000 and 2006. A member of the team which won the team gold at the 2005 Asian Women’s Team Championship.

Russian Women Grandmaster (2002). Journalist and chess commentator. Russian U16 Girls Champion in 1996. Moscow Women Champion in 1999, Moscow U20 Girls Champion in 1995. She creates Russia’s only dedicated chess TV program Shakh or Mat Best ELO: 2326 in 2001.

Swiss Women Grandmaster (1977) born in Russia. Moved first to Bulgaria (1972), and then in 1982, she defected from the Bulgarian team on the eve of the last round of the Lucerne Olympiad in 1982 to reach Switzerland. She was one of the eight finalists for the Women’s World Championship for 1983. Several times she

Greek Woman Grandmaster. Dentist. Kouvatsou was the World U20 Girls Champion in 1999, Greek Women Champion in 2000 and second in 2003. In 2001 she drew a match with Anatoly Karpov 1:1 and in 2002 she lost to Viktor Korchnoi ½:1½. She was also a participant in the Olympiads of 2000 and 2002 and in

Chinese Women Grandmaster (2003). World Girls U20 vice champion in 2005. Best result: 5th at the Chinese Women championship in 2001 and 2006. A participant in the 2001 Women World Championship. Best rating: 2371 in 2005.

Russian Women Grandmaster (1993). Best results: Moscow Women championship 1997 and 2007, 1st; St. Petersburg Women open 2000, 1st; Keres Memorial Women 2006, 1st, Bykova Memorial 2008 open, 2-3rd. A participant in the 2001 Women World Championship. Best ELO: 2406 in 2002.

Armenian International Master (2010) and Woman Grandmaster (2009). Armenian Women Champion in 2008 and 2009. Armenian U12 Champion in 1995, Armenian U14 Champion in 1997, Amernian U16 Champion in 1998 and Armenian U18 Champion in 1999. Best results: Fajr Women Open 2007, 1st. A participant in the 2008 and 2010 Women Olympiads, in the World

Polish Women Grandmaster and International Master. Polish Women Champion in 1997, 1998 and 2001. Best results: World U20 (Girls) 1998, 2nd; Women Zonal 1999, 2nd. A participant in the 2000, 2001 and 2004 Women World championships, 2001 World Cup and since 1996 in the Women Olympiads. A member of the national women team which won

English Women Grandmaster (2004) born in USA who was living for some years in Honk Kong then moved to England. Student. Hong Kong’s ever youngest national champion in 2004, 2005 and 2008, co-champion in 2006. Asian U14 champion in 2004, British U11 champion in 2002, U12 champion in 2003 and joint U14 champion in 2004.