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Xu Yuhua

Xu Yuhua of China became women's world chess champion in March 2006, when she won FIDE's knockout tournament in Yekaterinburg. In the final she beat Alisa Galliamova 2½–½. She was China's third women's world champion, after Xie Jun and Zhu Chen.

Xu Yuhua
Photo: Mark Gluhovsky, 2008. CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and toned.
  • BornOctober 29, 1976
  • CountryChina
  • Women's world champion2006–2008
  • In the line of women's championsNo. 11 of 17
  • Highest rating2517 (April 2006)
    FIDE's official lists (from July 1971)

Yekaterinburg 2006

The 2006 tournament in Yekaterinburg had 64 players, among them the reigning champion, Antoaneta Stefanova, and the former one, Zhu Chen. Xu Yuhua reached the final and faced Alisa Galliamova of Russia there. After three games she led by two points, and the fourth was not needed.

The title matches

Xu Yuhua's points come first, then wins (+), losses (−) and draws (=) in the classical games. A tiebreak at faster time controls is given separately.
YearAgainstResultWhere
2006Alisa Galliamova2½–½
Won the title · the final of FIDE's knockout		Yekaterinburg

Afterward

Xu Yuhua lost the title in the next knockout, in 2008, where she went out in the second round. That tournament was won by Alexandra Kosteniuk.

Sources

  • Wikipedia: Xu Yuhua
  • Wikipedia: Women's World Chess Championship 2006
  • OlimpBase: the knockouts of 2006 and 2008
  • FIDE: Xu Yuhua's rating history and the January 2003 list

The facts on this page come from the sources above, checked against each other. Where the sources disagree, only what they agree on is given. The match results are also checked game by game.

Updated November 8, 2026