Peng Zhaoqin

Peng Zhaoqin
File:Peng Zhaoqin 2013.jpg Peng Zhaoqin, Warsaw 2013
Country	China Netherlands
Born	(1968-05-08) 8 May 1968 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Title	Grandmaster
Peak rating	2472 (April 2002)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Peng.

Peng Zhaoqin (Simplified Chinese: 彭肇勤; born 8 May 1968 in Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a Chinese-born Dutch chess player, who has the FIDE title of Grandmaster, which was awarded in October 2004.

She won three times the Chinese women's chess championship, in 1987, 1990 and 1993. She has resided in the Netherlands since 1996. Peng has won the Dutch women's championship an unprecedented thirteen times, landing her first title in 1997 and then winning twelve more in an uninterrupted sequence from 2000 to 2011. She tied for first with Alexandra Kosteniuk at the European Women's Chess Championship of 2004 in Dresden, and took the silver medal on tiebreak. Thanks to this result, Peng was awarded the title of Grandmaster.

In the 2011 Dutch women's championship, Peng won nine games out of ten, placing a full three points ahead of her closest competitor.

See also

• Chess in China

External links

• Zhaoqin Peng chess games at 365Chess.com
• Peng Zhaoqin player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Complete Chess match Tea Lanchava vs Peng Zhaoqin
• The BDO Chess Tournament 2006 — a report by Peng Zhaoqin

Preceded by Liu Shilan

Women's Chinese Chess Champion 1987

Succeeded by Qin Kanying

Preceded by Xie Jun

Women's Chinese Chess Champion 1990

Succeeded by Qin Kanying

Preceded by Zhu Chen

Women's Chinese Chess Champion 1993

Succeeded by Zhu Chen