The people behind the game
Xu Yuhua
Won the 2006 knockout championship in Yekaterinburg, becoming the third Chinese woman to hold the world title.
- Born
- 1976
- Country connections
- China
At the board
The games. The ideas.
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2006 · Women’s world championship · Final · game 3
Xu Yuhua seals the title
Xu Yuhua’s third game of the 2006 final starts with an unusual queen exchange and ends with active black rooks.
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Every move sets the scene.
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Complete move list 58 moves
The journey
A remarkable path.
Xu followed Xie Jun and Zhu Chen as China’s third women’s world champion. She won the 2006 knockout event in Yekaterinburg and held the crown until the 2008 championship. [1]
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Time with the crown.
- 2006–2008Women’s world championship
Reigns are periods of title ownership, not a count of championship victories. Open-ended reigns reflect the record checked on 18 October 2026.
Sources & credits
Biographical details and title records checked . Country connections describe the player’s career and background, rather than a live federation listing.
Portrait: Mark Gluhovsky · CC BY-SA 3.0. Displayed in monochrome and cropped.
