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

7/22/2023 – Ju Wenjun claimed her fourth Women’s World Champion title after clinching a crucial victory in the decisive, final, 12th game of the match against challenger Lei Tingjie. With this victory, Ju has now equalled the record set by her compatriot Hou Yifan, both having won the world crown four times. Apart from defending the title, Ju also won €300,000 in prize money, while €200,000 went to the runner-up Lei Tingjie.

7/21/2023 – Ju Wenjun and Lei Tingjie seem to be heading to a playoff at the Women’s World Championship in China. Game 11 saw the contenders for the title signing the ninth draw of the match, which remains tied with one game to go. The twelfth and last classical game of the contest will be played on Saturday. | Photos: Stev Bonhage / FIDE

7/20/2023 – The tenth game of the Women’s World Championshipe ended in a draw. Ju Wenjun followed in Vincent Keymer’s footsteps in the opening, but failed to gain an advantage. The last two classical games will be played on Friday and Saturday, following a rest day. | Photos: Stev Bonhage / FIDE

7/18/2023 – In the ninth game of the Women’s World Chess Championships, Lei Tingjie and Ju Wenjun showed a remarkable level of understanding both in the middlegame emerging from a Sicilian Defence and in the ensuing rook ending. The game ended in a draw after 59 moves. | Photos: Stev Bonhage / FIDE

7/17/2023 – In the eighth game of the FIDE Women’s World Championship on Sunday, Ju Wenjun finally managed to score a win against challenger Lei Tingjie. A day earlier, the defending champion had failed to make the most of a big advantage in game 7. With four more games to go, the score is now tied. | Photo: Stev Bonhage / FIDE

7/16/2023 – The protagonists of the Women’s World Championship moved to Chongqing to play the second half of the all-Chinese match. Game 7 was played on Saturday. Challenger Lei Tingjie still has a 1-point lead over defending champion Ju Wenjun after the latter could not convert a clear advantage into a win while marshalling the black pieces. Lei had won game 5, the only decisive encounter of the match so far. | Photo: Stev Bonhage / FIDE

7/12/2023 – After losing game 5, Ju Wenjun took no risks in the last encounter of the Women’s World Chess Championship played in Shanghai. Ju’s approach with white led to a quiet endgame after an early exchange of queens. The game ended in a draw on move 48. The World Championship now moves to Chongquin, where it will resume on Saturday. | 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)

7/9/2023 – In the longest game of the Women’s World Championship match so far, Lei Tingjie surprised Ju Wenjun in the opening. Ju struggled at first, but later got to put pressure on her opponent in the endgame. A fourth draw in Shanghai means the score remains tied in what has so far been a high-quality, tense confrontation. | Photo: Stev Bonhage / FIDE

7/8/2023 – In the third game of the FIDE Women’s World Championship on Saturday, defending champion Ju Wenjun, playing black, briefly got an edge, but it quickly evaporated. Challenger Lei Tingjie was able to regain a balanced position in which the draw could no longer be averted. All three games have ended drawn so far in Shanghai. The fourth game will take place on Sunday. | Photos: David Llada and 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.