CHESS PLAYER

Xie Jun

1970 - Today

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Xie Jun (born October 30, 1970) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and is the first Asian woman to become a chess grandmaster. She had two separate reigns as Women's World Chess Champion, from 1991 to 1996 and again from 1999 to 2001. Xie is one of three women to have at least two separate reigns, besides Elisaveta Bykova and Hou Yifan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xie Jun has received more than 112,628 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Xie Jun is the 189th most popular chess player (down from 176th in 2019), the 992nd most popular biography from China (down from 871st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Xie Jun ranks 189 out of 461. Before her are Juan Corzo, Serafino Dubois, Vladimir Tukmakov, Oleg Romanishin, Alexei Shirov, and Arnold Denker. After her are Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Anatoly Lein, Paul Felix Schmidt, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Vladimirs Petrovs, and Jonathan Penrose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Xie Jun ranks 279. Before her are Aisha Tyler, Nancy Faeser, Mr. Marcus, Moacir Rodrigues Santos, Jon Seda, and Kylie Ireland. After her are Tetsuya Nomura, George Fisher, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Whigfield, Serhiy Honchar, and Kim Do-hoon.

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In China

Among people born in China, Xie Jun ranks 992 out of 1,610. Before her are Yang Mi (1986), Wang Dan (1969), Chloé Zhao (1982), Chen Muhua (1921), Zheng Zhi (1980), and Yang Xinhai (1968). After her are Hu Jun (1968), Liao Yiwu (1958), Wang Hao (1983), Yuja Wang (1987), Zhang Shichuan (1890), and Sun Jihai (1977).

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  • Photo of Yang Mi

    Yang Mi

    ACTOR

    1986 - Present

    HPI: 44.45

    Rank: 986

  • Photo of Wang Dan

    Wang Dan

    SOCIAL ACTIVIST

    1969 - Present

    HPI: 44.41

    Rank: 987

  • Photo of Chloé Zhao

    Chloé Zhao

    FILM DIRECTOR

    1982 - Present

    HPI: 44.35

    Rank: 988

  • Photo of Chen Muhua

    Chen Muhua

    POLITICIAN

    1921 - 2011

    HPI: 44.34

    Rank: 989

  • Photo of Zheng Zhi

    Zheng Zhi

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1980 - Present

    HPI: 44.30

    Rank: 990

  • Photo of Yang Xinhai

    Yang Xinhai

    EXTREMIST

    1968 - 2004

    HPI: 44.20

    Rank: 991

  • Photo of Xie Jun

    Xie Jun

    CHESS PLAYER

    1970 - Present

    HPI: 44.18

    Rank: 992

  • Photo of Hu Jun

    Hu Jun

    ACTOR

    1968 - Present

    HPI: 44.03

    Rank: 993

  • Photo of Liao Yiwu

    Liao Yiwu

    WRITER

    1958 - Present

    HPI: 44.00

    Rank: 994

  • Photo of Wang Hao

    Wang Hao

    TABLE TENNIS PLAYER

    1983 - Present

    HPI: 43.93

    Rank: 995

  • Photo of Yuja Wang

    Yuja Wang

    MUSICIAN

    1987 - Present

    HPI: 43.85

    Rank: 996

  • Photo of Zhang Shichuan

    Zhang Shichuan

    FILM DIRECTOR

    1890 - 1954

    HPI: 43.71

    Rank: 997

  • Photo of Sun Jihai

    Sun Jihai

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1977 - Present

    HPI: 43.68

    Rank: 998

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In China

Among chess players born in China, Xie Jun ranks 2. Before her are Ding Liren (1992). After her are Zhu Chen (1976), Xu Yuhua (1976), Zhang Zhong (1978), Ju Wenjun (1991), Hou Yifan (1994), Ye Jiangchuan (1960), Peng Zhaoqin (1968), Wang Yue (1987), Tan Zhongyi (1991), and Bu Xiangzhi (1985).

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