Ni Shiqun
Country China
Born (1997-02-26) February 26, 1997
Shanghai, China
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2015)
Peak rating2450 (April 2017)

Ni Shiqun (Chinese: 倪诗群; born 26 February 1997, in Shanghai)[1] is a Chinese chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

In July 2015, she finished 2nd–3rd at the FIDE Zonal 3.5 Championship, a qualifier for the Women's World Chess Championship 2017.[2] In October 2015, Ni won the women's division of the inaugural Asian University Chess Championship, which took place in Beijing.[3] In 2016, she also won the Women's World University Chess Championship in Abu Dhabi.[4]

Ni beat Lilit Mkrtchian, Valentina Gunina and Natalia Pogonina to reach the quarter-finals of the Women's World Championship 2017, where she was beaten by Alexandra Kosteniuk.

References

  1. WGM title application
  2. "WGM Zhongyi Tan wins 2015 FIDE Zonal 3.5". Chessdom. 2015-07-12. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  3. Liang Ziming. "Megaranto, Ni Shiqun dominate Asian University Ch". ChessBase. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. "Gabuzyan, Ni Shiqun top World University Chess". Gulf News. 2016-04-16. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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