Li Ruofan
Li Ruofan is a Chinese chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. 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 8½/12.
In 2002 Li Ruofan won the Women's World University Chess Championship in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
In 2007, she transferred national 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. In 2017 she moved back to the Chinese federation.
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. Li played on board one for Singapore at the Women's Chess Olympiad at Baku in 2016, scoring +4 =4 -2.
Li Ruofan lives in Shenzhen with her husband and coach, Grandmaster Zhang Zhong. Her favorite chess player is Alexander Alekhine.
