Li Ruofan
Chinese chess player

Li Ruofan

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Chinese chess player
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30 April 1978(Suzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China)
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Li Ruofan (Chinese: 李若凡; pinyin: Lǐ Ruòfán; born April 30, 1978 in Suzhou, Jiangsu) is a Chinese-Singaporean chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

Notable title victories include the 2001 Asian Women's Chess Championship in Chennai, and the 2006 Chinese Women's Chess Championship in Wuxi with a score of 8.5/12.

She played for the China national "B" team at the 1999 Women's Asian Team Chess Championship with an overall record of 3 games played (+0, =2, -1).

She played on board one for Singapore at the women's Chess Olympiad at Baku in 2016, scoring +4 =4 -2 (60%).

In 2002 Li Ruofan won the Women's World University Chess Championship in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. In 2007, she transferred federations to represent Singapore. At the 2008 Japfa Chess Festival in Jakarta, Li Ruofan won the WGM Tournament, a six-player double round-robin event.

She lives in Shenzhen with her husband and coach, Grandmaster Zhang Zhong. Her favorite chess player is Alexander Alekhine.