Zhu Jiner to replace Lei Tingjie in Women's Grand Prix series

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3/5/2025 – GM Lei Tingjie has withdrawn from the 2024–25 FIDE Women's Grand Prix for personal reasons, with compatriot GM Zhu Jiner stepping in as her replacement. Zhu, China's fifth-ranked female player, will now compete in Cyprus, India, and Austria. A rising star, she secured her Grandmaster title in 2023 after an impressive showing in the previous Grand Prix cycle. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

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Press release by FIDE

GM Lei Tingjie has withdrawn from the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024–25 for personal reasons. In accordance with WGP regulations, she will be replaced by GM Zhu Jiner, who is now set to compete in the FIDE WGP legs in Cyprus, India and Austria.

Zhu Jiner has held the Grandmaster title since 2023 and is currently China's fifth-ranked female player. She won the Girls' U14 section of the World Youth Chess Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk in 2016.

In 2017, she finished third in the Asian Zone 3.5 behind Zhai Mo and Ni Shiqun, earning qualification for the Women's World Chess Championship 2018. That same year, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. In 2018, she won the bronze medal at the Women's China Rapid Chess Championship.

Zhu Jiner competed in the first three legs of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2022–23. In Astana, the first leg, she finished third with 6½/11. In Munich, she tied for fifth place with 5½/11, and in New Delhi, she tied for first place with Aleksandra Goryachkina and Bibisara Assaubayeva, scoring 6/9. Her performance in New Delhi secured her final GM norm, and in August 2023, she was officially awarded the Grandmaster title, becoming the 41st woman in history to achieve this distinction.

The fourth leg of the FIDE WGP 2024–25 will take place in Cyprus from March 14–25, with Zhu Jiner replacing Lei Tingjie in the draw. The full pairings can be found here.

FIDE Women's Grand Prix

The three co-winners holding their trophies at the New Delhi Grand Prix tournament - Bibisara Assaubayeva, Aleksandra Goryachkina and Zhu Jiner | Photo: Ismael Nieto

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