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The Chinese Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of China. Following are the official winners of the national championship from ...
Afterwards, Hou played for China in the Women's World Chess Team Championship in Mardin, Turkey. The 5 person team, arranged according to rating, consisted of herself, WGM Ju Wenjun, GM Zhao Xue, WGM Tan Zhongyi and WGM Zhang Xiaowen. China was the clear winner with 16 match points, having lost but one match to Ukraine in the 8th round and ...
Tan Zhongyi won the 2017 Women's World Chess Championship, succeeding Hou Yifan, who had held the title since 2010. Previously there were three Chinese players who have been Women's World Champion, Xu Yuhua (2006-2008), Zhu Chen (2001–2004) and Xie Jun (twice: 1991–1996; 1999–2001).
Current Women's World Chess Champion Ju Wenjun from China. The Women's World Chess Championship is a chess match played to determine the Women's World Chess Champion. It has been administered by FIDE since its inception in 1927, unlike the absolute World Chess Championship, which only came under FIDE's control in 1948.
Ju Wenjun has played for the Chinese national women's team since 2008. Her team has won the gold medal in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in 2016, Women's World Team Chess Championship in 2009 and 2011, Women's Asian Nations Chess Cup in 2012, 2014 and 2016, gold medal in the Olympiad at 2018, and 2010 Asian Games.
Song Yuxin has represented her country in the World and Asian Youth Chess Championships. In 2018 she won silver medal in World Youth Chess Championship in girls U14 age group. [1] Since 2020, Song Yuxin regularly participates in the finals of the Chinese Women's Chess Championships. Her best achievement in this tournaments is 2nd place in 2023. [2]
The 2023 Women's World Chess Championship was a chess match for the Women's World Chess Championship title. It was contested by the defending champion, Ju Wenjun , and her challenger, Lei Tingjie , the winner of the 2022–23 Candidates tournament .
The Women's World Chess Championship 2025 will take place in 2025 as a match between Ju Wenjun, the current champion, and Tan Zhongyi, the winner of the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024. [1] Both players previously challenged for the world championship in May 2018 , with Ju defeating then-world champion Tan 5½–4½ to win the title.