Ju Wenjun (Chinese: 居文君; pinyin: Jū Wénjūn; born 31 January 1991) [1] is a Chinese chess grandmaster. She is the reigning five-time Women's World Champion , the reigning Women's World Blitz Chess Champion , and a two-time Women's World Rapid Chess Champion .

GM Ju Wenjun is a Chinese grandmaster and the reigning Women’s Champion since May 2018, when she defeated GM Tan Zhongyi in a match. Ju has defended her title successfully four times: in a November 2018 tournament, a 2020 match against GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, a 2023 match against GM Lei Tingjie, and a 2025 match against Tan.

6 days ago · Ju Wenjun (born January 31, 1991, Shanghai, China) is a Chinese chess player who became the women’s world chess champion in 2018. Ju learned to play chess at the age of seven, when she chose lessons as something interesting to do after school.

Ju then beat her opponent in the 2018 final before doing so again on Wednesday. Ju will take home 300,000 euros ($341,000) for the win, while Tan will get 200,000 euros ($227,000) for finishing ...

Apr 14, 2025 · GM Ju Wenjun claimed her fourth straight victory against GM Tan Zhongyi in game eight of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship.With a dominant 6-2 lead with just four games to go, she is on the brink of securing her fifth Women’s World Championship crown. Ju can end the match with a draw in game nine on Wednesday, while Tan is faced with the near-impossible challenge of needing to win all ...

Apr 16, 2025 · But Ju, calm and focused, played with clarity and precision, guiding the game to the draw she needed. The final game opened with the Sicilian Rossolimo—revisiting the line from Game 6 where Tan, with the black pieces, obtained a slight edge. This time, Ju deviated with 5.Re1 instead of 5.d4, and the players soon found themselves navigating a ...

Decisions Title FIDE PB / Congress Status: Grandmaster: 4th quarter Presidential Board Meeting, 7-10 November 2014, Sochi, RUS: YES: Woman Grandmaster

Ju Wenjun is the current Women's World Chess Champion. She won this title in May 2018 by defeating her fellow compatriot Tan Zhongyi with score 5,5:4,5. In November 2018, Ju Wenjun defended her title after winning the World Women's Championship.

3 days ago · But as the match progressed, Ju showed her experience and ability to stay calm under pressure. There’s one game in particular (the sixth match) that really stood out. Ju played an absolutely brilliant move: g4! – an audacious, unexpected move that completely shifted the dynamic of the game. From that point, she took the lead and never let go.

Ju Wenjun is a Chinese chess grandmaster. She is the current Women’s World Chess Champion. In March 2017 she became the fifth woman to achieve a rating of 2600.