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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 three-time Women's World Chess Champion having won the title in May 2018, November 2018 and 2020. She is scheduled to play a match to defend her world title in 2023.[3]

Ju Wenjun
Ju Wenjun at the 2016 Chess Olympiad
Country	China
Born	(1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 (age 31) Shanghai
Title	Grandmaster (2014)
FIDE rating	2560 (September 2022) (No. 4 ranked woman in the August 2021 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating	2604 (March 2017)
Medal record Representing  China Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Mixed team 2013 Kazan Women's individual Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Women's Team

Career

In December 2004, Ju Wenjun placed third in the Asian Women's Chess Championship in Beirut.[4] This result qualified her to play in her first Women's World Chess Championship in 2006. She competed in this event also in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2017.

She won the Women's Chinese Chess Championship in 2010 and 2014.[5] In July 2011 she won the Hangzhou Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament undefeated with a score of 6½/9 points, ahead of the then women's world champion Hou Yifan.[6] In October 2011 she took the second place at the Nalchik stage of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–12 with 7/11, ranked only after her compatriot Zhao Xue; her performance was enough to acquire her third and final norm required for the Grandmaster title.[7] However, one of the three norms was missing the signature of the arbiter, disqualifying her for consideration for the title.[8]

From June 18 to July 2, 2014, in the 5th stage of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013–14 held in Lopota, Georgia she finished jointly second with Elina Danielian and a 7/11 score. This marks her fourth GM norm. In the 6th stage of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013–14 held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, from August 24 to September 7, 2014 she placed joint first with Hou Yifan with a score of 8.5/11, winning the event thanks to a better tiebreak score.[8]

In November 2014, FIDE awarded her the GM title in the 4th quarter Presidential Board meeting in Sochi, Russia.[9] With six GM norms, including three norms from the Women's Grand Prix (1 from each series), she is now a fully fledged grandmaster, China's 31st grandmaster and the 31st woman to hold the title. Also in 2014, she tied for first with Lei Tingjie in the 4th China Women Masters Tournament in Wuxi.[10]

In December 2017, Ju won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship in Riyadh,[11] and won in the same championship held in St. Petersburg in December 2018,[12] scoring 11½/15 (+8=7)[13] and 10/12 (+8=4),[14] respectively.

World championship

Ju Wenjun won FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015–16.[15][16] This qualified her for a match for the women's world championship against incumbent champion Tan Zhongyi. Ju won the match in May 2018, becoming women's world champion.

The next women's world championship was decided by a 64-player knockout tournament. Ju won the tournament, which was held in November 2018, retaining the women's world chess champion title.[17]

In January 2020, Ju successfully defended the her title in a match against Aleksandra Goryachkina in the Women's World Chess Championship 2020. She won with the score of 2.5–1.5 in the rapid tiebreaker after having equalized the classical time control games 6–6.

Team events

Ju Wenjun has played for the Chinese national women's team since 2008. Her team has won the gold medal in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in 2016, Women's World Team Chess Championship in 2009 and 2011, Women's Asian Nations Chess Cup in 2012, 2014 and 2016, gold medal in the Olympiad at 2018, and 2010 Asian Games.

In 2013, she won the silver medal with team Shanghai in the Asian Cities Chess Championship in Dubai.

She plays for the Shanghai chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).[18]

References

External links

• Ju Wenjun rating card at FIDE
• Ju Wenjun chess games at 365Chess.com
• Ju Wenjun player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Ju Wenjun Women's Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org

На других языках

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[de] Ju Wenjun

Ju Wenjun (chinesisch .mw-parser-output .Hani{font-size:110%}居文君, Pinyin Jū Wénjūn; * 31. Januar 1991 in Shanghai) ist eine chinesische Schachspielerin. Sie ist seit 2018 die amtierende Schachweltmeisterin und wird auf der FIDE-Weltrangliste der Frauen auf Platz 2 geführt. 2020 konnte Wenjun ihren Titel als Schach-Weltmeisterin verteidigen.

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- [en] Ju Wenjun

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[ru] Цзюй Вэньцзюнь

Цзюй Вэньцзю́нь (кит. 居文君, пиньинь Jū Wénjūn; род. 31 января 1991, Шанхай) — китайская шахматистка, гроссмейстер (2014). Победитель командного чемпионата мира (2009, 2011) и Всемирной шахматной Олимпиады (2016, 2018). Семнадцатая чемпионка мира среди женщин (c 18 мая 2018 года). 23 ноября 2018 года Цзюй Вэньцзюнь стала первой чемпионкой мира, защитившей звание в нокауте.[2]

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