WENJUN JU (born Jan-31-1991, 34 years old) China PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] Wenjun Ju was awarded the title of WGM in 2009 and that of GM in 2011. She was Chinese Women's Champion in 2010 and 2014. Ju defeated fellow Chinese player Zhongyi Tan 5.5/10 in the Tan - Ju Women's World Championship Match (2018) to become Women's World Champion for the first time. Later that year, she successfully defended her title in the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2018), winning a close match against Mariya Muzychuk in the final, scoring 2-0 in the concluding 10 + 10 rapid games. She faced Aleksandra Goryachkina in the Ju - Goryachkina Women's World Championship Match (2020). They tied 6-6 in regulation, but Ju scored 2.5/4 in the rapid tiebreak to win the match and retain her title. She defeated Tingjie Lei, another Chinese player, 6.5-5.5 to win the Ju - Lei Women's World Championship Match (2023). The Ju - Tan Women's World Championship Match (2025) was a reprise of their 2018 championship match. This time Ju won decisively, scoring 6.5/9. GM norms At the Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (Women) (2010), Ju won individual silver on board 2 and her first GM norm. She won her 2nd GM norm at the 1st Hangzhou Women's GM Tournament (2011), and her 3rd GM norm came with her second place (with 7/11) at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik (2011). She achieved three more GM norms before her application for the grandmaster title was forwarded to FIDE: at the Women Grand Prix Jermuk (2012), the Dubai Open in 2013 and the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota (2014). The effective date of her title is 21 October 2011, dated to the final round of the Nalchik event, as she had already reached a rating of 2500 a couple of years previously. Championships Ju won the Chinese Championship (Women) (2010). She qualified for the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2012), and defeated Iranian WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan, US IM and WGM Anna Zatonskih, Ukrainian GM Natalia Zhukova and compatriot WGM Qian Huang to reach the semi-final. There she played and lost to Ukrainian IM and WGM Anna Ushenina in the first set of rapid game tiebreakers. In 2014 she won the Women's Chinese Championship for a second time with a score of 8.5/11. Ju was =5th at the Women Grand Prix Geneva (2013), picking up her first points in the women's Grand prix series, some 75 points. 6th place at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Tashkent (2013) earned her another 70 Grand Prix points that accrued to 6th place, but was not enough to keep her in meaningful contention. Nevertheless, in June 2014, she was =2nd in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota (2014) and in September 2014 she went one better by placing =1st alongside Yifan Hou at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah (2014). She managed to place 3rd in the Women's Grand Prix series for 2013-14 with 340 points, 40 points behind the runner-up Humpy Koneru. Ju played in Zonal 3.5, a qualifier for the (open) World Cup 2015, in November 2014, and placed 8th with a score of 7/11, losing 14 rating points for her pains. In May 2018, she challenged the Women's World Champion of 2017, Zhongyi Tan, in the Tan - Ju Women's World Championship Match (2018) that was played in Shanghai (games 1-5) and Chongqing (games 6-10). She took the title by winning the 10 game match by 5.5-4.5 (+3 -2 =5), becoming the 17th Women's World Champion. Team Events <Chinese League> Wenjun Ju has played for the Shanghai team every year since 2005 inclusive, helping her team win the gold medal in 2008, 2009 and 2012, the silver medal in 2011 and bronze in 2005, 2007 and 2013. <National Team> In March 2013, she shone on board 1 for the Chinese team at the Women's World Team Championship (2013) held in Astana, when she scored an individual gold medal with 7/9, enabling her team to salvage 5th place in the event. In 2014 she was a member of the Chinese team that won the Asian Nations Cup (Women) (2014). Playing board 2 for China, she helped her team to a silver medal at the Tromso Olympiad (Women) (2014), and earned an individual bronze for her board. Standard Tournaments In January 2013, she scored a rating-neutral 6/10 at the Gibraltar Masters (2013). In April 2013 she placed =2nd at the Dubai Open, half a point behind the winner, with 7/9 (+5 =4) and a 2683 performance rating, chalking up yet another GM norm result. She placed =5th in the Women Grand Prix Geneva (2013) in May 2013, the first leg of the Women's Grand Prix series for 2013-14, with a score of 6/11. In May 2014, she was =1st alongside Tingjie Lei in the 4th China (XiShan) Chess Women Masters Tournament Ratings and Rankings Wenjun Ju's highest rating to date was 2582 in October 2014, when she also reached her highest ranking, #3 amongst women. References Live rating: http://www.2700chess.com/women; Wikipedia article: Ju Wenjun Last updated: 2025-04-16 16:15:59

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page 1 of 57; games 1-25 of 1,409  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. W Ju vs Y Hou ½-½ 61 2004 Asian-ch (Women) A37 English, Symmetrical 2. M Socko vs W Ju   ½-½ 51 2006 Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov 3. W Ju vs M Socko 1-0 59 2006 Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament A10 English 4. N Dzagnidze vs W Ju   ½-½ 31 2006 Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament A48 King's Indian 5. W Ju vs N Dzagnidze   ½-½ 41 2006 Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament A33 English, Symmetrical 6. W Ju vs N Dzagnidze ½-½ 63 2006 Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament E17 Queen's Indian 7. N Dzagnidze vs W Ju 0-1 83 2006 Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament E90 King's Indian 8. W Ju vs Chiburdanidze   ½-½ 23 2006 Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament E15 Queen's Indian 9. W Ju vs Chiburdanidze   0-1 74 2006 Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament E15 Queen's Indian 10. Chiburdanidze vs W Ju 1-0 21 2006 Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament A46 Queen's Pawn Game 11. Chiburdanidze vs W Ju   ½-½ 26 2006 Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament A45 Queen's Pawn Game 12. Chiburdanidze vs W Ju   ½-½ 34 2006 Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 13. W Ju vs Chiburdanidze   ½-½ 36 2006 Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. W Lin vs W Ju   1-0 56 2006 All China Games 3rd D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 15. W Ju vs R Li   ½-½ 43 2006 Chinese Championship E15 Queen's Indian 16. Y Hou vs W Ju 1-0 40 2006 Chinese Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 17. W Ju vs L Ruan   ½-½ 27 2006 Chinese Championship D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 18. X Zhao vs W Ju   1-0 48 2006 Chinese Championship E92 King's Indian 19. W Ju vs Y Wang   ½-½ 40 2006 Chinese Championship D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 20. Q Gong vs W Ju   0-1 30 2006 Chinese Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. W Ju vs Y Shen   0-1 42 2006 Chinese Championship D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted 22. Kuang Yinghui vs W Ju   ½-½ 18 2006 Chinese Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 23. W Ju vs X Gu 1-0 62 2006 Chinese Championship E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 24. P Wang vs W Ju   ½-½ 23 2006 Chinese Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 25. W Ju vs Q Huang   ½-½ 56 2006 Chinese Championship A15 English  page 1 of 57; games 1-25 of 1,409

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 7 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-01-18    WorstPlayerEver: http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbri... Nov-17-18    UncleTarrasch: Good luck to you Ju and Lagno too in the final. If you win, you have proven to fellow players and fans once more that you're indeed the undisputed women's world #1 today Nov-23-18    Octavia: Congratulations !!! This time it may even be for a whole year! There'll be a tournament to decide the challenger next year. So, enjoy being the female worldchesschampion!!! Nov-23-18    markz: Congratulations world champion! Nov-23-18    sonia91: Congratulations on defending your world champion title in the tough knockout tournament! In a year, Ju won the World Rapid Championship (Women) (2017), the Women's World Championship (2018) match, the Chess Olympiad (Women) (2018) (plus the individual gold medal on board 1!) and now the Women's World Championship KO (2018)! Nov-23-18    JimNorCal: GM Lagno put up a tough fight. GM Ju can be proud of the win Nov-25-18    nok: I'll note scarfs are a common piece of clothing in the world, including Europe up until last century, regardless of ideology. Nov-26-18    Nietzowitsch: All <truth> passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Nov-26-18    JimNorCal: One truth that is not very controversial: GM Ju has retained her W.C. title. She swept through the early rounds but GM Lagno gave her a shock in the Final. Ju came from behind and won in the tense tie break round. Congratulations GM Ju Nov-26-18    Count Wedgemore: I've looked through Ju's games in this World Championship, and I'm very impressed with her play. Her playing style is very solid, counterattacking and despite some mishaps here and there, very, very accurate chess. A worthy World Women's Champion. And she's quite the looker as well (in your face! All you PC police out there). Nov-26-18    dumbgai: Glad to see a bunch of toxic comments were removed by the admins. Back on topic, hopefully Ju gets to hold on to the title for more than a year this time! Nov-26-18    saffuna: Outstanding! And that includes deleting my one post above. Nov-27-18    perfidious: <dumbgai>, so am I. Nov-27-18    JimNorCal: Yes, thank you admins. Also, the whistle blowers Nov-27-18    Check It Out: Congrats to wenjun for a well-fought victory. Womens chess is often more exciting than men's at the highest levels. <Nietzowitsch: All <truth> passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.> You left out the fourth stage: It is deleted and the cycle starts over again. Nov-27-18    posoo: da old posoo's comments supporting women and opposing their objectification have been deleted from this page. Nov-27-18    posoo: Seriously, why does JimNorCal's cringe-worthy post asserting that Ju inarguably looks better in a hijab remain, while my gently chiding him for latent sexism has been removed? Dis is da kind of stuff dat makes people think about TUMPORARY restraning orders ans PREOLIMANARY injunctions lol! Then again I don't pay any muney to be on dis site. Nov-27-18    MissScarlett: Neither do I. Nov-27-18    alexmagnus: Is it sexist to say a man is handsome? If not, then it's not sexist to say a woman is beautiful. If some notion is considered sexist only for one gender, it's not sexist. Those who consider it sexist are sexist, as they, per definition, apply different standards on both sexes. Nov-27-18    posoo: lol Ulux Mugnus, it is sexist to say dat a woman INARGUABLY looks da best when she dresses according to ur preference. Dis is why chesplayors r genrly sad and loanly. Nov-27-18    JimNorCal: posoo: I don't pay any money either. I wouldn't mind if they deleted that post. btw, I said GM Ju looks better with NO hijab not WITH a hijab. also btw, who knew! posoo, dialect and all, is a SJW! :) :) Nov-27-18    JimNorCal: posoo, reading the "posting guidelines" carefully, it appears you can say what you want about the players but you need to be on your toes when you write about a fellow member of CG.com. OK: Ju WenJun is pretty. OUT: JimNorCal is sexist. Even if both are true, one of the two statements is FAR more likely to be deleted, yes? fwiw, I took no offense at what you said, posoo. Are you imitating a Cajun dialect? I've met some folks from Louisiana. Maybe the people in the country have a strong dialect but the ones I met from New Orleans do not even have a southern accent. They have no obvious accent at all, at least to my ears. Nov-30-18    posoo: NIMJORCAL very keen stuff I am not IMITATING any dialect for dis is all I can do. But I do LIKE John Kennedy Toole. Thank you for da EMANENTLY sensible post and BLESSINGS Dec-29-18    sonia91: Congratulations on retaining the women's world rapid title! She also gained lots of rating points at the King Salman Rapid World Championship (Women) (2018) to become the new women's world #1 in rapid chess. Feb-15-19    Diana Fernanda: Ju Wenjun Is one women beutifull chinese Is too one strongh chess player. We loveme girl the Worlds Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 7) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 7 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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