6/9/2024 – The inaugural edition of the Norway Chess Women tournament, an event featuring the same format and the same prizes as the open super-tournament, saw top seed Ju Wenjun grabbing outright victory after beating Lei Tingjie in their classical-chess confrontation. Anna Muzychuk, who beat Humpy Koneru in Armageddon, finished in sole second place. | Photo: Stev Bonhage / Norway Chess
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6/5/2024 – Two classical games ended decisively in round 8 of the Norway Chess Women tournament, with Ju Wenjun beating Pia Cramling and Lei Tingjie beating Humpy Koneru, both with the white pieces. The remaining encounter saw R Vaishali prevailing in Armageddon against former sole leader Anna Muzychuk. These results left Ju in the sole lead, 1½ points ahead of Muzychuk. | Photo: Stev Bonhage / Norway Chess
6/3/2024 – Ju Wenjun inflicted a first loss on R Vaishali at the Norway Chess Women tournament to shake things up in the standings table. The women’s world champion is now sharing the lead with Anna Muzychuk, who beat Lei Tingjie with black in Armageddon to grab 1½ points in the event’s sixth round. Pia Cramling also drew with black in the rapid tiebreaker to prevail in her match against Humpy Koneru. | Photo: Stev Bonhage / Norway Chess
5/1/2024 – Ju Wenjun took down Vincent Keymer with the black pieces in round 4 of the TePe Sigeman & Co. Tournament. Keymer, who was sharing the lead after three rounds, now stands a half point behind co-leaders Arjun Erigaisi and Anton Korobov. One more game ended decisively in Malmö, with Nodirbek Abdusattorov getting the better of Nils Grandelius. | Photo: Mikael Svensson, tepesigemanchess.com
1/19/2024 – Ju Wenjun, in the Masters, and Eline Roebers, in the Challengers, obtained remarkable wins over much higher-rated opponents in round 5 of the Tata Steel Chess Festival. Ju defeated an overly ambitious Alireza Firouzja, while Roebers patiently made the most of a positional advantage in her game against top seed Hans Niemann. Firouzja’s loss allowed Anish Giri to go into round 6 with a full-point lead, while Erwin l’Ami is the sole leader in the Challengers. | Photo: Tata Steel Chess Tournament / Jurriaan Hoefsmit
9/5/2023 – In the rapid section of the Tata Steel India Tournament, Ju Wenjun was outscored by Divya Deshmukh. In blitz, however, the women’s world champion was the strongest and won with 12½/ out of 18 points, finishing ahead of Humpy Koneru and Harika Dronavalli. | Photo: Vivek Sohani
8/7/2023 – Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Dommaraju Gukesh were among the players who advanced to round 4 after two classical games at the FIDE World Cup in Baku. The biggest upset of the round was achieved by Javokhir Sindarov, who knocked out Maxime Vachier-Lagrave by winning with black on Sunday. In the women’s section, world champion Ju Wenjun was inches away from being eliminated — however, she not only survived, but ended up winning against Ulviyya Fataliyeva. | Photo: chess.com / Maria Emelianova
7/25/2023 – 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. “There are many memorable moments, and this is one of them”, said the world champion. | Photo: Stev Bonhage / FIDE
7/22/2023 – Ju Wenjun won the twelfth and final classical game of her match against Lei Tingjie to successfully defend the Women’s World Championship title. This is Ju’s fourth victory in a fight for the biggest title in women’s chess. The 32-year-old from Shanghai grabbed the women’s crown for the first time in 2018 and is set to continue her reign for at least one more year. | Photos: Stev Bonhage / FIDE
7/11/2023 – The Women's World Championship match between challenger Lei Tingjie and reigning champion Ju Wenjun started with four draws, but in game 5 Lei Tingjie scored the first win of the match. She defeated Wu Wenjun with a convincing positional game. | Photos: Stev Bonhage (FIDE)
7/6/2023 – In the second game of the Women's World Championship match in China, the reigning World Champion Ju Wenjun had White, but couldn't get anything against the Tarrasch Variation of her challenger Lei Tingjie, who even managed to gain a slight initiative after the opening. The game ended in a draw after 41 moves. | Photo: Xu Qi, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Sports Bureau and KK Chan President of the Hong Kong Chess Federation, open the game. | Photos: Stev Bonhage (FIDE)
7/5/2023 – The first game of the Women's World Championship will be played today in Shanghai. Defending champion Ju Wenjun will take on challenger Lei Tingjie. The match consists of 12 games and lasts three weeks. It was officially opened with a press conference yesterday.| Photos: FIDE
6/29/2023 – On 3 July (first game on 4 July), the Women's World Championship match between defending champion Ju Wenjun and challenger Lei Tingjie will begin in Shanghai. The first half of the match will be played in Shanghai and the second half in Chongqing. The prize money is USD 500,000.
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