The Chinese are coming !

The relentless march of the Chinese chess players cannot go unnoticed any longer. They were always climbing up in Fide's top nations charts. Just imagine, 4 players at or above 2700 and an amazingly talented girl. When did we last see this kind of a rise by any country ? China is now No. 3 when you count the top 10. How far will they go ?

In the April list, the top Chinese were:

Open

Bu Xiangzhi 2708
Ni Hua 2703
Wang Yue 2689 (Definitely above 2700 in the next list)
Wang Hao 2684

Women

Xie Jun 2574
Hou Yifan 2549 (and still climbing fast)
Zhao Xue 2523

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