Ju Wenjun vs Tan Zhongyi, Game 4: Another endgame, another draw

by Johannes Fischer
4/7/2025 – In all four games of the match between Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi for the Women's World Championship, an endgame was on the board. In the fourth game, Tan Zhongyi had several good opportunities with White to put Ju Wenjun under pressure with precise play, but she didn't take these chances, and so the game ended in a draw. | Photos: Anna Shtourman
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Game 4

In the fourth game of the match, Tan Zhongyi went her own way with White early on in the opening. That allowed her to secure a slight advantage, but whenever she had the opportunity to put more pressure on Ju Wenjun, she failed to take her chances. That allowed the reigning world champion to draw with Black.

This makes it 2-2 after four games.

Defending champion Ju Wenjun came under pressure in the fourth game, but managed to defend herself successfully. | Photo: Anna Shtourman

Challenger Tan Zhongyi missed a few good opportunities and had to settle for a draw in the end. | Photo: Anna Shtourman

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Topics: Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi, Women's World Championship 2025
Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".
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