Zhu Chen & Mohamad al-Modiahki. China's chess queen Zhu Chen married Mohamad al-Modiahki, Qatar's first-ever grandmaster, in 2001. Zhu first gained international prominence in 1988 when she won the World Girls Under-12 Championship in Romania. It was the first time a Chinese player won world chess competition. In 2001, the 25-year-old chess star became the ninth women's world champion, lauded by Time magazine as "a creation to be blessed with such brains and beauty." Zhu, becoming more family-oriented as she described herself, said that she will stay with her kids in Qatar and focus on chess career.