Wu Mingqian

Chinese chess player

Wu Mingqian
Wu Mingqian, Lucerne 1982
Country	China
Born	(1961-01-08) January 8, 1961 (age 63)
Title	Woman Grandmaster (1985)
FIDE rating	2175 [inactive]
Peak rating	2215 (January 1987)

Wu Mingqian (Chinese: 吴敏茜; born January 8, 1961)^[1] is a Chinese chess player who holds the title Woman Grandmaster, which she received from FIDE in 1985.

In 1985, Wu came second at the Women's Interzonal tournament in Zeleznovodsk with a final score of 10½/15.^[2] As a result, she qualified for the 1986 Women's Candidates Tournament, held in Malmö, where she came 8th (last) scoring 3/7.^[3] The following year, Wu came in 12th place at the Smederevska Palanka Interzonal tournament with a final score of 5½/15.^[4]

Wu competed for the China women's national chess team: four times at the Women's Chess Olympiad (1980–1986) with an overall record of 54 total games played (+21, =20, -13).^[5]