George Xie

Who is George Xie?

George Xie is an Australian chess player and 2009 and 2011 Joint Australian Open Chess Champion. He became an International Master in 2006 is ranked 3rd in Australia. He was a board 4 member of the Australian national team at the 2008 Dresden Olympiad.

At age 16, Xie won the NSW state championship with a perfect score 9/9, and he did it again in 2004 NSW state championship.

He gained his first GM norm at the 2009 Sydney International Open, tying =1st with 3 other GMs. He exceeded the score required for a norm by half a point. Earlier, he had missed a norm at the 2009 Doeberl Cup in Canberra by half a point.

He came equal first with Aleksandar Wohl in the 2009 Australian Open Chess Championship held in Manly, Sydney. No playoff was held and the title was awarded to Wohl on tiebreak.

In 2010, George came second after Zhao Zong-Yuan in the 2010 Australian Chess Championship held in Sydney. He was equal first with Zhao before the last round with 9/10. He lost against Stephen Solomon in the last round while Zhao had won his game.

George's next major tournament in the same year was the 48th Doeberl Cup held in Canberra, Australia.