GM Zhao Xue Wins Wuxi Chess Women's Masters 2012

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Hi everyone,

While we struggle with the correct pronunciations of all those Chinese names, GM Zhao Xue shows how easy it is to win a strong chess event like the The 2nd Chess Women Masters Tournament that took place from April 10-19, 2012, in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.

Ten players competed in the round robin tournament for the prize fund of 215,000 Yuan. GM Zhao Xue took a clear first place by collecting 6.5/9 points. Her only loss came from the hands of the lowest rated WGM Gu Xiaobing. In return, Zhao defeated the nearest follower IM Bela Khotenashvili.

Final standings:
1. GM Zhao Xue CHN 2543 – 6.5
2. IM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2490 – 6.0
3-4. WGM Tan Zhongyi CHN 2438 and WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2557 – 5.0
5-6. WGM Zhang Xiaowen CHN 2354 and WGM Huang Qian CHN 2399 – 4.5
7-8. IM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2490 and WGM Ding Yixin CHN 2350 – 4.0
9. WGM Gu Xiaobing CHN 2257 – 3.0
10 WGM Shen Yang CHN 2440 – 2.5

Defending champion Women’s World Chess Champion GM Hou Yifan could not attend the tournament as she was playing the Bangkok Chess Club Open, 2012. More information on http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews

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