Zhu Chen (born March 13, 1976 in Wenzhou , Zhejiang ) is a chess Grandmaster. In 2001, she became China 's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun, and China 's 13th Grandmaster.

In 1988 Zhu became the first Chinese player to win an international chess competition when she won the World Youth Championship among girls U- 12 in Romania . She repeated her success and became the World Champion in her age groups in 1994 and 1996 as well.

In 2002 at the age of 25 she defeated Russian player Alexandra Kosteniuk in the Women's World Chess Championship and became the eleventh World Champion among women.

In 1998,2000,2002 play for Chinese Olympiad team, three times team world champion. Zhu gave up the chance to defend her world title in Georgia in May 2004 due to a jammed schedule and her pregnancy. In 2000 Zhu married to Qatari Grandmaster Mohamad Al-Modiahki, and in 2006 she transferred to Qatar chess federation.