9/5/2024 – Ju Wenjun was among the 10 players who received invitations to participate in the main event of the Women's Speed Chess Championship. The tournament was a 16-player knockout tournament, also featuring participants who had prevailed in the qualification process. In the final, Ju faced Polina Shuvalova and obtained a clear 12½-9½ victory, as she outscored her opponent in all 3 sections of the match. | Photo: Gu Xiaobing
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The world champ prevails in all 3 sections
The main event of the Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship took place online from 22 August to 5 September. It was a knockout tournament featuring 16 players (10 invited and 6 qualifiers). Women's world champion Ju Wenjun and Russian IM Polina Shuvalova reached Thursday's final, a 150-minute match including sections of 5-minute games, 3-minute games and 1-minute games (all with 1-second increments).
Ju prevailed in all 3 sections, outscoring her opponent by 1 point in each of the segments - the final score was 12½-9½ in favour of the Chinese grandmaster. Ju was thus crowned champion of the online event.
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On her way to the final, Ju obtained clear victories over Anna Sargsyan (13-3), Alice Lee (9½-5½) and Kateryna Lagno (14½-7½). Notably, the 33-year-old did not lose a single section throughout the 4 matches. Her worst result in a single section was a 2½-2½ draw with Lee in the bullet section of their quarterfinal encounter.
Ju has been the women's world champion in classical chess since 2018, when she defeated Tan Zhongyi in a 10-game match played in China. She has defended her title 3 times since, first in a 64-player knockout and then in 12-game matches against Aleksandra Goryachkina and Lei Tingjie. Ju will attempt to keep the crown in another match next year - Tan Zhongyi will be the challenger, as she prevailed in the Women's Candidates earlier this year.
Ranked second in the world in the classical ranking (behind long-time leader Hou Yifan), Ju is the fourth highest-rated blitz player in the world - her compatriots Hou, Lei and Tan are the top 3 in the world in this format. Notably, none of the 4 Chinese stars will participate in the upcoming Women's Chess Olympiad.
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