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Ju Wenjun (Chinese: 居文君; pinyin: Jū Wénjūn; born 31 January 1991) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. She is the current Women's World Chess Champion . In March 2017 she became the fifth woman to achieve a rating of 2600. [2]
Jul 22, 2023 · Ju Wenjun (32) claimed her fourth Women’s World Champion title after clinching a crucial victory in the decisive, final, 12th game of the match against challenger Lei Tingjie. With this victory, Ju has now equalled the record set by her compatriot Hou Yifan, both having won the world crown four times.
GM Ju Wenjun is a Chinese grandmaster and the reigning Women’s Champion since May 2018, when she defeated GM Tan Zhongyi in a match. Ju has defended her title successfully three times: in a November 2018 tournament, a 2020 match against GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, and a 2023 match against GM Lei Tingjie. Early Life And Career.
Jun 7, 2024 · Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun took the Women’s Norway Chess title and a prize of around $65,000 after scoring a smooth classical win against her great rival GM Lei Tingjie. That allowed GM Anna Muzychuk to climb into second place with an armageddon win over GM Koneru Humpy .
Ju Wenjun is the current Women's World Chess Champion. She won this title in May 2018 by defeating her fellow compatriot Tan Zhongyi with score 5,5:4,5. In November 2018, Ju Wenjun defended her title after winning the World Women's Championship.
Jul 16, 2023 · GM Ju Wenjun is back! The Women's World Champion outplayed challenger GM Lei Tingjie in a complex middlegame and then ground out an endgame win to level the scores at 4-4 going into the final four games of the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship.
Jun 9, 2024 · Ju Wenjun (born January 31, 1991, Shanghai, China) is a Chinese chess player who became the women’s world chess champion in 2018. Ju learned to play chess at the age of seven, when she chose lessons as something interesting to do after school.
The closing ceremony of the Women’s World Championship match was held at the grand hall of the Changshou District Office Service Centre, the same venue where just two days earlier, Ju Wenjun defeated challenger Lei Tingjie in the crucial twelfth game of the match.
Jul 24, 2023 · With fanfare and roaring applause in the background, Ju Wenjun stepped onstage. Wearing a bright red dress – in the colour of the Chinese national flag – the four-time Women's World Championship winner had a crown placed on her head and was awarded a trophy and a golden medal.
Ju Wenjun is a Chinese chess grandmaster. She is the current Women’s World Chess Champion. In March 2017 she became the fifth woman to achieve a rating of 2600.
