Career
She was the best individual female player during the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway, ahead of Hou Yifan. As a junior player, she showed early promise by winning the World Girls Under-12 Championship in 1999. The momentum was maintained throughout her teenage years and she also claimed the gold medal at the World Girls Under 20 Championship in 2003, 2 points ahead of the field
In September 2005 she took part in the sixth Lausanne Young Masters tournament, finishing seventh.
This was also the year that she was awarded her full General Motors title. Despite some leveling off of her tournament performances in the period 2003-2007, she made a significant leap in the last quarter of 2008 and playing more chess than ever, continued the upsurge into 2009, registering her highest Elo rating and rising to eighth on FIDE"s list of "Top 100 Women", higher than Women"s World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk.
At Gibraltar Chess Festival 2009, she started the tournament in great style, her 3 points from the first three rounds earning her an appearance on the top table, after defeating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Elo: 2696). She crowned her moment of glory by drawing with Bartosz Soćko (Elo: 2631) in round 4.
She was leading female in Gibraltar Chess Festival 2011 again.
She finished 1½ points ahead of second-place finisher Tatiana Kosintseva.