Ni Shiqun

Chinese chess player (born 1997)

Ni Shiqun
Country	China
Born	(1997-02-26) 26 February 1997 (age 27) 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]}

References

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