Ni Hua

Ni Hua
CountryChina
Born (1983-05-31) May 31, 1983
Shanghai, China
TitleGrandmaster (2003)
FIDE rating2649 (June 2025)
Peak rating2724 (April 2009)
Peak rankingNo. 21 (April 2009)
Ni Hua
Simplified Chinese倪华
Traditional Chinese倪華
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNí Huá
IPA[nǐ xwǎ]

Ni Hua (born May 31, 1983 in Shanghai) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the national team captain. He is three-time national champion. In 2003, he became China's 15th Grandmaster at the age of 19. In April 2008, Ni Hua and Bu Xiangzhi both became the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700 Elo rating mark, after Wang Yue.

He was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team at the 41st Chess Olympiad.