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Ju Wenjun ( Chinese : 居文君; pinyin : Jū Wénjūn; born 31 January 1991) [1] 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] . She is a four-time Women's World Chess Champion, having won the title first in May 2018 (against Tan Zhongyi ).
Ju Wenjun was born in Shanghai in 1991 and calls the city home to this day. In 2004, at the age of just 13, Ju placed second in the Asian Women’s Chess Championship. She thus qualified for the Women’s World Championship in a 2006 tournament and made a surprising run to the third round as a 53rd seed out of 64.
Jun 9, 2024 · January 31, 1991, Shanghai, China (age 33) 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.
Ju Wenjun has been an international grandmaster since 2014. She also won 2009 and 2011 World Team Championships as well as 2016 and 2018 Olympiads with her country's national team. In 2017, she won the World Rapid Chess Championship in Saudi Arabia and defended her title one year later in Russia.
Jan 31, 1991 · Active Years: 2004 - 2024. Total Games: 1802. Wins: 770 (43%) Losses: 307 (17%) Draws: 725 (40%) Total score:
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.
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.
FIDE profile 8603006. Age 33. Classical 2559. Rapid 2566. Blitz 2500. Recent tournaments. Tata Steel Masters 2024. January 13th - 28th | 14-player Round-Robin | Classical time control | Ding, Nepo, Firouzja. 2023 FIDE Women's World Blitz Championship. December 29th - 30th | 17-round Swiss | Blitz time control | Lei, Ju, Lagno.
Ju is the current Women's World Chess Champion, a title she's held since 2018, the year she won both a 10-game Championship match against Tan Zhongyi and a 64-player knockout Championship Tournament. She's Shanghai's first and China's sixth female world champion.
Feb 11, 2016 · Discover the online chess profile of GM Ju Wenjun (Juwen) at Chess.com. See their chess rating, follow their best games, and challenge them to play a game.
