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Xie Jun

1970 - Today

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Xie Jun (born October 30, 1970) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and is the first Asian female 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 101,958 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Xie Jun is the 176th most popular chess player (down from 165th in 2019), the 874th most popular biography from China (down from 780th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Xie Jun ranks 176 out of 374Before her are Amos Burn, Mir Sultan Khan, Artur Yusupov, Herman Steiner, Chantal Chaudé de Silans, and Susan Polgár. After her are Max Weiss, Leonid Shamkovich, Alexei Shirov, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Vladimirs Petrovs, and Gedeon Barcza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Xie Jun ranks 219Before her are Jørn Lier Horst, Erick Thohir, Billy Brown, Michael Rapaport, Àlex Crivillé, and Alex Barros. After her are David Benioff, Daniela Peštová, Anatoly Bibilov, Alistair Petrie, Predrag Danilović, and Kirk Cameron.

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In China

Among people born in China, Xie Jun ranks 874 out of 1,392Before her are Ma Jian (1953), Liao Yiwu (1958), Li Na (1982), Ha Jin (1956), Liu Chao-shiuan (1943), and Ni Xialian (1963). After her are Lu Han (1990), Robin Li (1968), Lin Dan (1983), Ling Jihua (1956), Li Tie (1977), and Liu Xia (1961).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In China

Among chess players born in China, Xie Jun ranks 1After her are Zhu Chen (1976), Xu Yuhua (1976), Hou Yifan (1994), Ding Liren (1992), Ju Wenjun (1991), Zhang Zhong (1978), Peng Zhaoqin (1968), Ye Jiangchuan (1960), Wang Hao (1989), Qin Kanying (1974), and Bu Xiangzhi (1985).