The 1993 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Xie Jun, who successfully defended the her title against challenger Nana Ioseliani in the title match.
Around the end of the 1990s, Xie was reading for a doctorate in psychology at Beijing Normal University.
Jun Kasai | Jun'ichirō Tanizaki | C-jun | Jun Senoue | Jun Maeda | Jun Akiyama | Jun Shibata | Jun Lana | Jun Jin | Yuan Xie | Xie Zhenhua | Xie Jun | Xie Hui | Ma Jun | Liu Jun, Prince Shixing | Lee Dong-Jun | Jun Togawa | Jun Miyake | Jun Märkl | Jun Kaneko | Jun Kamiwazumi | JUN | Japanese aircraft carrier Jun'yō | Xie Tiao | Xie Shaoguang | Xie Jin | Xie Hui (footballer) | Xie Ai | Xie | Sima Jun (Jin Dynasty) |
Notable top players not taking part was Judit Polgár (ranked the no. 1 woman in the world - and 9th overall), Xie Jun (ranked 2nd), Zhu Chen (8th), Qin Kanying (14th), Inna Gaponenko (18th) and Sofia Polgar (19th).
The championship match was played in Jaén in 1996 and, like the Candidates Tournament, dominated by Polgar who won 6 games (against 2) and in the end defeated champion Xie Jun by four points.