Ni Shiqun
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Country
China
Born26 February 1997
Shanghai, China
Shanghai, China
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2015)
Peakrating2450 (April 2017)
Ni Shiqun | |
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| Born | 26 February 1997 Shanghai, China |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2015) |
| Peak rating | 2450 (April 2017) |
Ni Shiqun (Chinese: 倪诗群; 26 February 1997)[1] is a Chinese chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Born in Shanghai, she finished second to third at the FIDE Zonal 3.5 Championship, a July 2015 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 defeated 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.[citation needed]