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Ju Wenjun has secured her fifth FIDE Women’s World Championship title, defeating Tan Zhongyi with a dominant 6.5-2.5 score in ...
This marks the fifth time she has claimed the world title, placing her alongside legends such as Vera Menchik, Nona ...
Ju Wenjun defeated fellow chinese Grandmaster Tan Zhongyi to clinch her fifth FIDE Women’s World Championship title.
The 34-year-old Chinese GM became only the fourth player in history to win the Women’s World Chess Championship five times ...
Playing with Black pieces, Ju delivered a masterclass in controlled aggression to win Game 8 of the 2025 FIDE Women’s World ...
Ju is the reigning Women’s World Chess Champion as of 2025. She won the title in 2018 and successfully defended it in 2020 ...
GM Ju Wenjun on Wednesday, April 16, beat compatriot GM Tan Zhongyi 6.5-2.5 to win the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship and become only the fifth woman in history to win the title five times. The ...
For much of the game, a stalemate seemed likely — especially after the queens were exchanged on Move 33. From then on, both players took their time with each move, managing their clocks carefully, ...
Indian athlete Nitin Gupta was on course for gold in the boys’ 5000m race walk at the Asian U18 Athletics Championships when ...
India began their ISSF World Cup campaign in Lima with a bang, winning three medals on Day 1. Suruchi Singh clinched gold ...
Koneru Humpy outclassed Divya Deshmukh while Zhu Jiner took the sole lead after Round 3 of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in ...
Despite empowerment initiatives, women in chess lag globally, with top players' ratings significantly lower than their male ...